Macbeth Character Analysis

If the assassination Could trammel up the consequences, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We’d jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgement here…” (Macbeth 1.7.1-8). Macbeth passes back and forth trying to justify his reason for killing Duncan. He wants to become the leader and King but he understand if everything does not work out perfectly he could be punished beyond measure. If there was no consequences he would assassinate Duncan with no worries but committing treason worries him.

The play in general is about a nobleman who was once trusted and loyal to others turned into a power-hungry murderer after having a conclave with three witches. His plans to deceive the King and murder do become true but he does face many problems regarding it later. After claiming the throne to himself, Macbeth is faced with greater challenges as nobleman around Scotland try to thwart him off his reign over Scotland. In the play Macbeth also faces more problems such

Throughout the play Macbeth’s choices were constantly influenced by other characters in the play; namely the three Witches and Lady Macbeth. witches impress over Macbeth. However, at the first Macbeth didn’t believe them. When the first witchy says, “all hail, Macbeth When the second witch cries, “all hail, Macbeth hail to thee the thane of Cawdor!”. And the third witch stats, “all hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter”.

When Roderigo was injured in the fight, Iago murders him. Both Macbeth and Iago played active roles in removing people who stood in their way. In conclusion, towards the beginning of Macbeth, Macbeth is very similar to Othello and very different from Iago. Like Othello, Macbeth feels guilty for murdering King Duncan. Macbeth is also not very sly like Iago is.

Shakespeare shows the reader that one persons greed can get him killed and other people around to turn on him, By showing the reader what decisions Macbeth made to elevate his status in power. The kind of people who changed around them and how they changed. Furthermore in Act 1, Macbeth is given a prophecy that he would become king by three witches. This leads to him into thinking greedy and commiting murder. He acted because his first prophecy came true about being thane of cawdor.

These two characters had dark desires after seeing the first part of the prophecy come true, but still felt honored bound to protect their king. Both, however are very easy to manipulate as you see throughout both movie and story, both wife’s compel their husbands to kill their king to become king. In “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, Macbeth starts backing out of plan to kill Duncan, the king, because he is grateful towards everything he has done and Lady Macbeth enters and changes his mind to go through with the plan. “What beast was’t then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then

Jaylin Wilson Ms. Morris English 12- 1st Period 5 December 2016 The Good and Evil in Macbeth In the tragedy, Macbeth, the good and evil shows a relation between the killing of characters throughout the story. It was evil that the characters are being killed, but it was good for the other characters that did the killing. The killing of the characters made a process to help the main character, Macbeth, in a good way and a bad way. He was the main person to make the killing to become King of Scotland and remain there. In Macbeth, the good and evil shows a relation between the killing of King Duncan, the killing of Banquo, and the conflict between Macbeth and Macduff.

He tries to plan out the murder of Claudius in a way that he will not feel guilty afterwards. Moral Truth is also evident because Claudius knows that killing his own brother is wrong, but he was so consumed by his need for power that he no longer cared about what is right or wrong. Claudius also knows that marrying his brother’s sister is not viewed well in society, but he no longer cares, so long as he

Here Macbeth is considering whether life is meaningful. Macbeth’s character changes greatly throughout the play, from a respected thane to a king who people want dead. Macbeth gives in to his ‘vaulting ambition’ and, encouraged by the witches and Lady Macbeth, he murders King Duncan for the power. The guilt from this greatly affects him, he thinks he should carry on this path as he is almost at the

Another example of fate being seen in the play is when Macbeth made a decision to kill Banquo, which to Macbeth is a loyal friend who he have trusted for a long time. However, Macbeth try to kill him and when he did he felt remorseful. In the story the reader understand how Macbeth felt, but one unusual thought that is seen in the story was Macbeth reasons to kill Banquo, usually reader would hope to think that Macbeth would change his mind when plotting to murder his trusted companion “rather than so, come fate into the list, and champion me to th’utterance!”(III, i, 385 )Meaning that it is his fate to kill Banquo for Macbeth to become king, which is very inhumane and faithlessness for a