Macbeth Character Analysis

In the beginning of the play, Macbeth’s conscience was still honest, but that was soon to change. After his heroism at the battle against the Irish, Macbeth and Banquo walk into some witches. The three witches call Macbeth the Thane of Glamis, the Thane of Cawdor and the future king. Macbeth is confused because he does not know that Duncan named him the Thane of Cawdor after the original one betrayed him. Macbeth also thinks that the idea of being the future king sounds good and he likes it. The witches vanish and Ross and Angus enter. Ross tells Macbeth that he is now the Thane of Cawdor because the

These words start  Macbeth’s ambition rolling.  Macbeth begins to think that the witches are speaking the truth and one day soon he will become King.  He travels to the King who officially names him Thane of Cawdor and tells him that he will visit Macbeth¡¦s castle to celebrate.  Macbeth sends a message to his beloved wife, telling her of the prophecies and his new title.  This excites Lady Macbeth but it is not until she is told by Macbeth that King Duncan would be staying with them, that she begins to plot his murder.

Macbeth first met the witches whilst on his journey back from battle. The witches gain Macbeth’s attention by hailing him the thane of Glamis, which in the play was his current title. They then hail him the thane of Cawdor, which unbeknown to him would

Whilst the character of Macbeth is initially portrayed as a noble kinsman, his ambition and motivation, directly influenced by the witches and Lady Macbeth, ultimately transforms him into a corrupt and ruthless tyrant. William Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy “Macbeth” clearly depicts this notion of change, illustrated through Shakespeare's utilisation of literary techniques. The tragic downfall of Macbeth is mainly attributed to Macbeth’s own greed and hubris.

Throughout the book, as Macbeth continues to progress in power, it seems as though his morals fade away while dark and destructive ideas spread through him quickly. While Macbeth contemplates his first evil deed of killing Duncan, he often talk’s himself into doing it, or gets outside persuasion to gain the courage that he is lacking. After talking to Lady Macbeth about how he has to murder Duncan, he exclaims, “I am settled and bend up / Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. / Away and mock the time with the fairest show. / False face must hide what the false heart doth / know” (1.7.92-96). Later in the novel we learn that Macbeth thinks that Banquo has become a threat to his power. Macbeth then takes this problem into his own hands and assigns murderers to kill Banquo. Macbeth then says, “So is he mine; and in such bloody distance / That every minute of his being thrusts/ Against my nearest of life. And though I could / With barefaced power sweep him from my sight/ And bid my will avouch it, yet I must not, / For certain friends that are both his and mine, / Whose loves I may not drop, but wail his fall who I myself struck down. And thence it is, that I to your assistance do make love, masking the business from the common eye for sundry weighty reasons” (3.1.132-142). Macbeth is saying that if he absolutely has to do this terrible deed he will, it doesn’t mean he wants to, but he is going to do it anyways. Macbeth uses the motif of appearance versus reality when he

Making poor choices and treating others with disrespect can affect you in the long run and can easily contribute to a downfall. Macbeth was fully aware of the choices he made with the inhumane torture and disrespect he had on the citizens of Scotland. Being a tragic hero is when one experiences an immense tragedy which leads to a downfall, but Macbeth never had a tragedy because his death originated from the choices he made and reactions he had while he had authority as king. Macbeth being selfish and only caring about himself creates an undeserving and improper image as king which brought chaos into the land of Scotland. In Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth does not fit the formula for a tragic hero because he is not a moral

The Tragedy of Macbeth opens in a desert place with thunder and lightning and three Witches who are anticipating their fateful meeting with Macbeth, "There to meet with Macbeth." They all say together the mysterious and contradictory "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." King Duncan learns that "brave Macbeth" and Banquo are bravely resisting the "Norweyan banners" and the rebellious Thane of Cawdor. When these forces are vanquished, Duncan bids Ross to greet Macbeth with his new title of Thane of Cawdor. Before this happens, however, Macbeth is greeted by the witches with "hail to thee, thane of Glamis," "thane of Cawdor," and "thou shalt be king hereafter!" When Ross and Angus arrive with news of Duncan's reward ("He bade me, from him, call thee thane of Cawdor"), it is logical for Macbeth to assume that all of the weird

At the beginning of the play, King Duncan awards Macbeth with the title of Thanes of Cawdor because on his heroic fighting against the rebels (I.2.65), and then, Macbeth doesn’t really want to assassinate the king. Macbeth says, “He [King Duncan] hath honoured me of late” (I.7.32).

Returning from a long and victorious battle, two Scottish generals, Macbeth and Banquo were halted by the appearance of three witches. They foretold that Macbeth would become the Thane of Cawdor, then soon the ruler of Scotland. After that, they turned toward Banquo and said even though he would not become a lord, his sons after him would be kings. The witches say these last words, and vanished out of thin air. On Macbeth’s way home, messengers from the king tell him he has become the Thane of Cawdor.

The story of Macbeth takes mental illness, rhetoric and death to the next level. William Shakespeare perfectly captures some of these grammatical and characteristic techniques. Starting off his story by presenting the witches much like narrators giving them a small part. Gradually the next time we meet them is when Macbeth and Banquo are introduced. Macbeth as just thane of Glamis and his best friend Banquo thane of Lochaber. Both generals in the king’s army. Macbeth always hoping for something more visits the witches to gain insight. What they tell Macbeth when he firsts visits them that he will become Thane of Cawdor. “Second Witch: ‘All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor. And as well that after so he will become King of Scotland.

When Macbeth and the witches first encounter, they praise Macbeth of his new title: Thane of Cawdor, and the witches go on to tell Macbeth his prophesies:

The King of Scotland, Duncan, is at war with Norway, and he is told about the bravery of a general, called Macbeth. He is also told about the betrayal of the 'Thane of Cawdor' who fought with the Norwegian army, against Duncan. However, Macbeth fights and wins against them, so Duncan wants to make him the new Thane of Cawdor.

At this point, Macbeth is extremely loyal to King Duncan. This is proven again when Macbeth is given the title “Thane of Cawdor.” Macbeth addresses the men, “The Thane of Cawdor still lives: why do you dress me in borrowed

They tell him his predictions, that he will be Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland, but Macbeth, not understanding how these words could be true, demands that the witches stay and “tell [him] more” (I.iii.73). Macbeth wants more information about how powerful he will become. He commands them to tell him where they learned these strange upcoming events and when he will obtain these honorable titles. After Macbeth learns of his prophecies, Lady Macbeth receives a letter from her husband stating that when he tried desperately to question the witches further, they vanished into thin air. It stated in the letter that, while he stood spellbound, messengers from the King arrived and greeted him as the Thane of Cawdor.

Lady Macbeth then comes up with a plan to kill Duncan. Her plan is that Macbeth must