Analyzing The Character's 'Change In The Play Macbeth'

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At the beginning of the play, Macbeth’s character starts off as a loyal and brave soldier, who is admired by many people. Throughout the play, however, it is evident that his character and the personality of his character change a lot. There are many aspects that changed his character. What the witches said to him I think changed him the most. Before the witches spoke to him, he didn’t think of what it would be like to be king, or any of the other things, but because the first prediction came true, it led him to believe all the others would as well. The witches are what started him off thinking of how powerful he could become. Obviously his wife talked him into it, but without what the

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, to be corrupt is, “to become tainted or rotten [or] to become morally debased.” In the play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth begins the play as the Thane of Glamis and a brave warrior in the battle. As he obtains the position of Thane of Cawdor, he beings to change for the worse. Macbeth changes over the course of the play because he believes that he is becoming more independent and stronger, but in reality, he is actually becoming weaker, more insane, and corrupt.

"This dead butcher and his fiend like queen"(V.viii.80) is the way Malcolm describes Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.  The characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth changed considerably during the course of the play, Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare.  In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is seen as a courageous soldier who is loyal to the King.  As the play progresses, Macbeth is corrupted by the witches’ prophecies and by his and Lady Macbeth’s ambition. Because of the weakness of Macbeth’s character and the strength of Lady Macbeth’s character, Lady Macbeth is able to easily influence him.  Lady Macbeth pushes Macbeth toward evil at first, but after he realizes what he has done, it is his decision to

Individuals continually deal with general events that affect their personalities. This can either strengthen an individual’s character or lead to one’s demise. William Shakespeare acknowledges these human experiences in The Tragedy of Macbeth with his focus on the protagonist, Macbeth. Fixating his focus on Macbeth, Shakespeare thoroughly portrays the protagonist as a frail human, easily influenced by his environment and personal relationships. Although Macbeth’s decisions determine his plight, he finds himself transgressing when he believes his prophesized throne is in danger. By eliminating what he perceives as threats, he sacrifices his honor, his friendship with Banquo, his wife, and his sanity, resulting in a personality change.

When reading a novel or watching a play, it is hard to watch any character make poor decisions that result in a miserable ending. Macbeth, the central character in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, is a perfect example. Macbeth goes through a tragic change of character as he makes a series of bad decisions. Throughout the tragedy, Macbeth loses his sense of better judgment and makes choices that cause him to evolve into a cold, haunted man. He goes through three major changes in his character, from having a well-formed conscience and being able to tell from right and wrong, to becoming impulsive, to finally becoming completely numb and coming to a conclusion that life is meaningless and nothing matters.

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a book based on a character named Macbeth, who was known as a war hero, and a loyal general before his encounter with the 3 witches. Every character changes throughout the play, but Macbeth’s change is one of the most significant of them all. Macbeth caused himself to change from a loyal soldier into a paranoid tyrant throughout the whole play by losing his loyalty to his king and friends, becoming greedy and going insane. The significance of the change he goes through, is it leads him to committing the murder of his gracious king, his friend Banquo,and Macduff.

Macbeth is a strong character who, before the events of Macbeth, was a honorable and good guy because of his previous deeds of being great in battle and honorable outside of the battlefield. Up until he heard the prophecy from the witches he change his ways. Macbeth started to do anything necessary to get what he wants or thinks he needs. His wife during this time was able to manipulate him into becoming someone he normally is not. He has changed into a dishonorable, traitorous, deceiving, shell of a man who has killed his way into power.

Throughout the play, Macbeth’s character has transformed from a man who seems to respect his spiritual principles to a ruthless king, whose drive for power leads him to spiritual blindness. Macbeth experiences three major changes, which at times caused him to question himself about whether the lengths he will go to achieve his goals are worth the consequences he knows he’ll encounter. Similarly, the character traits he exhibits, which are internal conflict, guilt, and hopelessness throughout the course of the play, will eventually lead to his demise mentally, emotionally, and physically. In addition to this, Shakespeare is conveying that ambition can cause negative change and insanity.

Macbeth goes from being a loyal and honorable soldier to a murderer and traitor. At the beginning of act 1 we hear him being described as “valiant”, “brave” and “noble”. Duncan, the king is so impressed by his nobility and bravery that he proclaims Macbeth the “Thane of Cawdor” .Macbeth is pretty much respected everywhere he goes, but the decisions he made start to change the heads of the people that trusted him and respected him. Macbeth starts to listen to some witches who greeted him hailing him the “Thane of Cawdor”, and the “Thane of Glamis” and by saying “Macbeth shalt be King hereafter”.

When stress is happening people tend to change due to what’s going on around them. Shakespeare’s play Macbeth shows a lot of character changes throughout the play. Macbeths wife, Lady Macbeth ends the play being more sympathetic where as in the beginning of the play you see her being cruel for helping the planning of killing King Duncan to help make Macbeth king. Macbeth ends up killing King Duncan and ends up being crowned king. Macbeth worries that Banquo, the Thane of Cawdor, will suspect that Macbeth killed Duncan because Banquo was with Macbeth when Macbeth received the prophecy from the three witches explaining that Macbeth will be king.

Throughout the play of The Tragedy of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, the character of Macbeth makes a significant transition. From before the murder of Duncan, to after the murder, he has morphed into a completely different individual. Specifically, his motivations, behaviors, and qualities as a person changed drastically.

The character of Macbeth progresses throughout the play. At the beginning the plot seems to portray Macbeth with a few good qualities. During the play, those good qualities seem to disappear and Macbeth seems to turn more evil. When he starts to get greedy for power, give too much credence to his wife, and also to the witches, his career starts to plummet. Macbeth goes from good to bad and bad to worse.

In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Macbeth changes drastically in character. Macbeth began as a loyal hero to the king that would do anything and risk his life for him, to an evil tyrant that everyone wants to see dead. and can even take control of you altogether. For Macbeth, it got to the point in which he thought nothing could defeat him and that he was the greatest, which led to his downfall.

In the play Macbeth, several characters had gone through changes over the course of the play, but no one had changed as much as Macbeth had. At first, Macbeth was a very honorable and noble man, as stated by Banquo “Worthy Macbeth, we stay upon your leisure.” Macbeth however, was a very ambitious man, and this was part of the reason for his change and downfall. Pushed by the idea of the witches that he could be king, his growing ambition and confidence in the prophecies, Macbeth begins to become evil and murderous.