William Shakespeare Macbeth is the tragic portrayal of a man who's "good and virtuous nature... recoils in an imperial charge."[Macbeth, Act 4, scene 3, line18] Protagonist Macbeth encounters extreme losses throughout the entire play; his losses occur prior to the "unnatural deed", during, and after committing the "most sacrilegious murder."

Macbeth loses his "eternal jewel", or in other words his soul. His soul is merely the most momentous component of the "seasons of all nature." He goes through a quick, short expedition, beginning with his realization that his decision to "surcease," King Duncan will cause himself to "jump the life to come" [1, VII, 7], entailing that he would rather be King than go to the afterlife. Allowing him to notice his soul slowly diminishing when he can no longer turn to God to give his blessing for the mere reason that "amen stuck in {his} throat," disturbing him deeply. Macbeth's...