Macbeth connects to many essential questions, but most of all it connects to the essential questions "How does power corrupt?" and "How far is one willing to go to get what they desire?".
Macbeth is entirely about the strive for power, so it corrupts in many ways. There is murder, lying, backstabbing between friends and much more, all because of the strive for power.
The murder of King Duncan is a large corruption, done because of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's desire for power. King Duncan was Macbeth's friend, and so that shows how far Macbeth was willing to go to get what he desired (power). When Macbeth for a moment was having second-thoughts, Lady Macbeth stated that she would've
"pluk'd [her] nipple from [her child's] boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out had [she] so sworn
As [Macbeth] have done to this."-Lady Macbeth ( I,vii, 62-65)
She's saying that'd she'd rather kill her own child than back out of a deal like Macbeth had suggested. That is how far Lady Macbeth would go to get what she desired.
Macbeth's gain of power (him becoming king) corrupted the village, causing chaos because of Duncan's death. " O horror! horror! horror! Tongue nor heart, Cannot conceive nor name thee!"-Macduff(II,iii,69-70)
There are many essential questions that can be related to Macbeth, but "How does power corrupt?" and "How far is one willing to go to get what they desire?" connect to Macbeth the most.
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