Macbeth Character Analysis

Macbeth is truly loved by the king, as the speaker reveals in act 1. Now one may ask, what is Macbeth's tragic mistake? He is an ambitious man who is willing to do what is best for the country. But almost right after hearing the witches' prophecy, he contemplates the king's end. There are instances where he is having a tug of war with his conscience. He wants be the emperor. But in order to do that, he has to kill the king; but his wife ends up killing the king. Later in the story Macbeth can be identified as a liar also to get his wife out of the blame of murder. But the tragic part plays into the story after Macbeth is crowned king. Many more actions from Macbeth show the negativity that has built up in the hero. He has the wisdom and restraint to stagger in his ambitious drives. But no, Evil waits patiently in the wings as good distorts. Perhaps Shakespeare wanted to show that man is in conflict with himself against the force of evil in his own heart and that evil has many faces. The monster identified here would be Macbeth’s guilt. This guilt ate up the person he was before and made him grow restless until his death.

Throughout the story of Macbeth the main character, whom the story is named after, starts as a loyal and righteous soldier who quickly evolves into a power hungry, immoral murderer. In the beginning, three witches appear to Macbeth and Banquo promising the crown to Macbeth. The only problem with this prophecy is Macbeth does not just acquire the throne naturally he has people standing in his way that inhibit him from becoming King. At first, Macbeth is timid and moral while his wife tries to persuade him to kill for the crown, but as the story progresses he throws all of his previous ethics out the window and will do anything to become King. Although people do try and persuade Macbeth’s wretched decisions, he is ultimately in control

In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare, Macbeth turns his back on his morals as his desire for power and his fatal flaw of ambition leads to his tragic downfall. His self-destructiveness, rooted in his ambition, is very apparent especially when considering his series of bad decision-making leading to a spree of murders. Lady Macbeth pushes Macbeth to kill King Duncan so that he could take the throne. This fateful decision quickly leads to his demise, as his guilt is overtaken by his obsession with power. Soon after, Macbeth’s guilt is replaced with evil, as he continues to try to cover his tracks by then killing the King’s guards, followed by killing Banquo, because he felt that he was suspicious of him, and he might find out what Macbeth did.

Macbeth was a well loved and was a role model in the start of the novel as he was not yet influenced by anyone. In battle, he was a courageous fighter and made sure that his territory and the king were both safe. After the battle, an injured soldier in war complemented Macbeth by saying “‘For Brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name-’”(1.2.18) this helps reinforce how Macbeth was well loved by everyone else in the army and many soldiers looked up to him and wished to be like him. Macbeth was respected by many noblemen, thanes, and even the King. After hearing about the battle the king didn’t hesitate to name Macbeth the Thane of Cawdor, he said: “‘What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won’”(1.2.77). Showcasing that Macbeth was an inherently good person before Lady Macbeth and the witches influenced him. Duncan and many noblemen respected him and kept raising him to higher honours, showing that Macbeth was indeed an inherently good person. When Macbeth was influenced by Lady Macbeth he still made an effort to not go on with the plan. He begged Lady Macbeth to desert the plan by saying, “‘Prithee, Peace:/ I dare do all that may become a man;/ Who dares do more, is none.’” (1.7.49-51). This shows Macbeth's inherently good character as before he was completely influenced by everyone he still made an effort to change his easily manipulative personality. This shows how Macbeth was really an inherently good person as he was

In my opinion, I see Macbeth as an evil or corrupted character who has always had a moral flaw commonly known as greed. I do not believe that the witches, who prophesied to him, or his wife who encouraged him to murder play a role in Macbeth’s story. They too have their own moral flaws. Instead, I would argue, like Plato, that Macbeth’s corruption is not a coincidence instead it is a part of his human nature. Macbeth was born sinful, and even though he may not have always portrayed it, the right circumstances unleashed the beast of greed that was deep down in Macbeth. I truly believe that the only way Macbeth, or anyone for that matter, could have escaped moral destruction due to greed was by God’s grace and glory, which he obviously never seeked. I think that Macbeth began, in the play, as a noble character who was not

‘Macbeth’ is about the corrupting power of ambition which leads to the betrayal and downfall of the once great Macbeth. In the 1600’s it was believed that kings were appointed by ‘Divine Right’ and were anointed by God. To kill a king was considered the worst sin and a terrible crime. ‘Macbeth’ is a tragedy and the character of Macbeth is a tragic hero.

In Shakespeare’s dramatic tragedy, ‘Macbeth’, the concept of the ‘true antagonist’ is explored and harbingers the tragic downfall of the character Macbeth. As the play progresses, Shakespeare ventilates a myriad of elements, that can be blamed for the catalyst of his demise. Although it is evident that the Witches’ prophecies and Lady Macbeth’s inhumane conscience and enticement promotes Macbeth’s ungraceful end, Shakespeare shows through the exploits of Macbeth that he regresses from a logical and conscientious man, to an egocentric and tormented soul, who places his own interests above all other considerations. The “vaulting ambition” and self-aggrandisement that was ruthlessly pursued, is rather ironically manifested to be the architect of his downfall, ultimately illustrating that these cravings induced his eventual nemesis.

A man can possess many things wealth, power, honor and in the 11th-century woman, contrary to the belief of the times women cannot be possessed for they are the determinants of fate and this shown through lady Macbeth being the catalyst for his transformation. Over the course of the play he becomes an entirely different person than he once was, he goes from a hero figure to a deceitful murderer that has a very narrow focus on becoming king and drives himself crazy with the prediction that he will become king. Macbeth betrays his own values, those close to him, and any moral compass that once existed within him. Throughout the play Macbeth does not stray from his ways in order to satisfy himself, he goes down the reckless path to become king in order to please his wife and this eventually leads to his demise. Machiavelli states “...fortune is a woman and if she is too submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her”(pg.81 The Prince). Due to the fact that Macbeth plays the passive role in their relationship and his own life when it comes to mobility he enables his wife to take over as a master of his fate. This occurs not only in the play Macbeth, it occurs in Madea, in Greek mythology through the story of Pandora's box and in the book of the city of ladies where it is proved that woman are drivers of fate through men, simultaneously they are able to manipulate fate on their own through virtuous actions such as invention or through divine intervention. The theme of the

Do you believe that fate is real, or do you just believe that everything you do is by choice? Whatever you might think, I, for one, believe that fate can be real. If you read this tragic play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, maybe you can see and understand why Macbeth had a downfall from his reign. Even though there are some choices he made to help him with his downfall, that couldn’t mean that there was something controlling him, that Macbeth couldn’t escape from? Macbeth had some pretty intense choices to make to help increase the rate of his downfall, but was it all because of choices like becoming king, or fate to have a Thane of Cawdor and a downfall?

Conflict is a key them in countless stories, but the way it is used in Macbeth is particularly striking. There are three main conflicts in Macbeth, that both act as catalysts for plot, but also demonstrate ideas of value as Macbeth is performed is performed to an audience. First, Macbeth struggles against his ambition and greed for power when faced with the killing the king to take the position for himself, then he fights a losing battle against his own demons. Lastly, the final battle between dark and light as Macduff takes matters into his own hands and kills Macbeth.

In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth the main character experiences much turmoil both in his head and with the other characters. Throughout the play there are many different characters that are able to manipulate him into darkening his soul. Although Macbeth perceives himself as a victim to this cruel fate of becoming a murderer the possibility remains that Macbeth was actually this vile character all along and he was only meant to shed the skin of his truthful and trustworthy exterior.

When a person is born, their genes are the things that determine physical items, such as eye color and height. However, genes cannot control how a person reacts in a certain situation, that job belongs to their environment. William Shakespeare, George Orwell, and William Goulding convey the message that a person's environment has the biggest effect on their behavior and show the influence of one’s surroundings in their respective works Macbeth, 1984, and Lord of the Flies.

People are ultimately judged by what they've done in life. In Shakespeare's "Tragedy of Macbeth", this story is all about the things people do to get what they want. In addition, Macbeth was an exceptional man and soldier until he attempted to control the future due to his inner evil and undying ambition.

William Shakespeare was widely known as one of the greatest writers in the English language. His work consisted of many plays, sonnets, and poems, all written in different genres. One of his most famous pieces in particular, the Tragedy of Macbeth, was written as exactly what it sounds, a tragedy. A tragedy, in simple, is a play concerning the downfall of one character. In this specific piece, it was the story of a great person, Macbeth, with some major flaws that will eventually lead to his downfall. At the beginning of this play, he was a brave and ambitious man, but as it progressed, greed and selfishness took over him and made matters go from good to bad and bad to worse.

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, malicious characters are portrayed as obviously evil and influential. Macbeth, however, is one character that is not represented in this way, in fact he is quite the opposite. The new king is seen as a victim of his foul wife’s influences and the witches prophecies but is really only supported by them and these ideas, leading him to make decisions based on evil ambition and a wicked desire for power. Readers are pushed to believe that Macbeth deserves sympathy, but as all humans do, Macbeth has free will allowing him to make his own decisions which means that if he were a victim, he would only be this due to his depraved actions.