Macbeth Character Analysis

h is portrayed in the beginning of the play as a courageous hero, whose valour is depicted as "he unseamed him from the nave to th' chops." Although he puts on a fearless persona during conflict, his soliloquies reveal a character that it fuelled by greed and desire. Not only does Macbeth obliterate the notion of The Divine Right of Kings, but he goes against the Righteous Rule. Throughout the play, Macbeth lets irrational greed overcome his logical conscience. It is clear that Macbeth is reluctant to murder Duncan as he states, “We will proceed no further in this business,” yet his vaulting ambition and desire to become King outweighs his conscience. Before murdering Duncan, Macbeth utters “I have no spur to prick the sides of intent, but only Vaulting ambition.” In his soliloquy, he continuously reasons with himself as “first I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against deed, then as his host, who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself.” Shakespeare utilises the recurring motif of hallucinations to depict a dagger as a symbol of guilt and murder. Macbeth’s thoughts of murder create an imaginary bloody dagger, showing him the path to the king's chambers as he questions "Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still." As the tragedy continues, Macbeth transforms into a more conventional villain, and attempts to control Fate and Fortune. Macbeth’s ambition is further explored when he visits the witches and witnesses the four apparitions.

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

Afterwards, this drove Macbeth’s mind. His goal is to be King, but his friend and his King Duncan already stood and held the throne healthily. And had heirs already. His son Malcolm. Was in line. So Macbeth sent word to his wife before he returned home. He stated that he has been told about his chance as king and was so hopeful. “This have i thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou mightst not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being ignorant of what greatness is promised thee. Lay it to thy heart, and farewell.” (9-12) Shakespeare Act I Scene V. It shows how much he wants it. Lady Macbeth gets excited and very much would like to be queen. Showing it is her plan to make her dream come true. Kill Duncan. When Duncan returns home he tells his wife of a visit from Duncan to be taken place in near future. She then proposes a plan to kill Duncan. She is heartless, and drives bloodlust to get which she wants. She persuades her husband to kill his friend, his king. The anticipation of the plan plays with Macbeth’s mind. He starts a sort of paranoia, much of like schizophrenia. He sees a “dagger” before

In the opening act of this play Macbeth is a solider who has just returned from war. The captains are speaking highly of Macbeth’s valor, courage, and bravery. Suddenly Macbeth meets up with three witches. These witches tell him, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor, that shalt be king

Role in Plot: He is another person that Macbeth has to fight in order to secure the thrown.

Lady Macbeth devises multiple schemes throughout the story to accelerate her gaining of the throne as queen of Scotland. “Individuals do not pursue their interests in isolation from, or even in negotiated contextual changes with, one another,” meaning that Lady Macbeth could not have taken upon the task of killing Duncan and ensuring her future throne alone, because her human nature would not permit her to (Rustin 1). She formulates a plan to strip King Duncan of his power: killing him. She aims to drug the castle guards and frame them for the crime, planting bloody daggers, the weapon with which the king will be killed, in the room with the drunken guards (Shakespeare 2.2 6-8). She manipulates her mentally weak husband into committing the murder instead of her, claiming that the sleeping king reminded her too much of her father. Macbeth succeeds in successfully killing the king, yet he ridiculously returns to his wife with the bloody daggers and his hands covered in the deceased

Macbeth’s character develops consistently throughout the play. The key to his character development is his unchecked ambition, which is powered by the three witches and his strong desire to become the King of Scotland. Macbeth ends up achieving his goal but ultimately, it leads him to a downfall such as the suicide of Lady Macbeth. Macbeth’s ambition has played a significant role in the play ever since the three witches tell him that he would become the King of Scotland. His ambition has led Macbeth to become gullible. He is easily manipulated and convinced to take immoral actions. Moreover, Macbeth also becomes selfish as he only thinks about himself and not the citizens of Scotland. He fails at his job as a King in making Scotland a better place to live. Lastly, due to his unchecked ambition, Macbeth starts acting violently by murdering his closest allies and friends. Therefore, Macbeth’s ambition has driven him to become manipulative, selfish and violent; and thus, ambition is Macbeth’s greatest weakness.

The position of king was highest status any man can be granted during Shakespearean time. If you became aware of a prophecy, giving you a message that you can become king. Would you do as Macbeth did? Kill an innocent man to ensure the message came true? In the beginning of the play Macbeth is represented as a heroic soldier, who is noble, loyal and will fight for his King, this transformed when he was confronted by super natural practices. Macbeth was a weak character, he was easily persuaded and controlled by the three witches once they prophesised him becoming “Thane of Glamis!... Thane of Cawdor!... King Hereafter!” (1.3.149-51). This changed the man from heroic and noble, to a man who can be easily manipulated. Even though Lady Macbeth was the main influence towards Macbeth, there is no doubt that the witches were the roots of King Duncan’s death as well as Macbeth’s own ambitions. The audience have been positioned to view Macbeth as an innocent victim of powerful persuasion through the use of evil

As human beings, there are occasions where we choose between right or wrong. Certainly, It can materialize into effect on how other people judge you based on their glimpse of moral senses. In the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare displayed a dark and erroneous side of humankind. The three preeminent characters accordingly demonstrate identical attributes of greediness. For instance, Banquo who appears to be noble fails to resist his desires, and in relation to Lady Macbeth, she overrules herself with greed to a fate of anguish, and thus, Macbeth becomes engulfed with greed that leads to horrendous deeds. In general, Shakespeare emphasizes that ambition for power and wealth can invalidate morality in human nature.

Macbeth is portrayed to be a very evil character throughout the play of Macbeth. The most back stabbing scene in the play is when Macbeth murders King Duncan, But the real evil genius behind the murder is Lady Macbeth, who forced Macbeth to kill King Duncan, which brings up the argument, whos responsible for the murder of King Duncan? A Lot of people also ask, who’s more evil? Macbeth, or Lady Macbeth?

Throughout life, people make wrong decisions by performing actions without thinking about the consequences. The character that executes these actions is a tragic hero according to Aristotle. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is a tragic hero since he is the protagonist in the play which ends in a tragedy. Macbeth makes decisions which determine his fate. Lady Macbeth and the prophecies of the three witches lead Macbeth to his downfall thus making him a tragic hero. Greed, ambition, dishonesty and being hungry for power are all fatal flaws that make a tragic hero, Macbeth's character slowly built into these characteristics. +2 sentences

From the sinister acts of killing the innocent, to betraying loved ones and best friends, who is to blame for all the constant chaos caused by these despicable acts? The story of Macbeth is about a man whos naive faith in prophecies leads him to selfishness. Not only this, but due to this trait of his, it causes mass destruction and deaths of many. Although there is many people to point fingers to, who is most responsible for determining the course of events throughout Macbeth? Even though Macbeth was the killer, did he alone create his own destiny? While Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were a factor of Macbeth’s downfall, the We’ird sisters take most of the responsibility for the murders.

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. On the contrary, one may say that it only takes one tragic accident or disaster to destroy one’s treasures from heart.Consequently, resulting in the creation of a tragic hero. In Shakespeare’s play of Macbeth, Shakespeare really anatomised Macbeth’s character, as it portrays a tale of how even a hero can descend into darkness, if they are exposed to traumatizing events. Macbeth, led a life full of entitlement and phrase, destined to be a worthy leader. However,When the story plays out, and opportunities arises, Macbeth seizes those opportunities in a bad way. In turn, he suffered from a handful of dilemmas that inquire his restraint of being classified as sain. Plotting against the king, hallucinating and seeing a danger and ultimately bearing the weight of the death of his wife, led Macbeth to live a tragic life of a life that was once opposed of a good, that converted towards evil.

Macbeth is a very interesting book with lots of good intentions, but turn out to be bad. The book was placed in 1606 and takes place in Scotland, during the medieval times. Macbeth meets a group of three witches and is told that he himself is going to become thane of Cawdor and then finally become King. The three witches play a big factor in this book, or do they...?