When good goes bad

When given the assignment to this blog my teacher wrote, “there are times when some very good people choose to commit horrible crimes.” I could not agree more with that statement nor could I rephrase it well enough. Macbeth is a perfect example of this idea. When he sees an opportunity opening up for him, his loyal morals changed and he took full advantage. Unfortunately, this meant that he would have to kill King Duncan. Before Macbeth commits this crime, he was an honorable hero and a loyal friend to the King. Although nobody knows of this deed, Macbeth went from being one of the best men to one of the worst men, and nobody could have predicted it.
Similar to Macbeth’s story, Lisa Nowak wanted something greater than what she had, and took a risk to achieve her goals. As an astronaut for NASA, Lisa was a very successful and respected. In her case, she wanted to have a more exclusive relationship with one of her co-workers; she felt that his girlfriend was her competition. Lisa kidnapped her co-worker’s girlfriend and sprayed her with pepper spray. Although this is not as severe as killing someone, like Macbeth did, Lisa committed a crime to achieve her goal - a private relationship with her co-worker. This type of motivation can change many people’s morals, and Lisa proved that she was easily swayed by what she thought would come after she committed the crime.
Neither one of these offenses are justifiable. The reasoning behind them make sense, but the crime creates more of an obstacle than before it was committed. Achieving goals is done by hard work and dedication. This is backed up with the court system. There wouldn’t be penalties for crimes such as these if they were justifiable. In my opinion, Macbeth’s crime would have been justifiable if it had been murder in self defense. This is not the reason why it was committed however. These two crimes will both be punished accordingly, and hopefully will teach many people not to ruin their reputation to achieve their goals.