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Macbeth Character Changes

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In the play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth one of the main characters throughout the play changes a lot from the beginning to the end of the play. At the start of the play Macbeth is loved by mostly everyone in the kingdom and is known to be a big war hero. But throughout the play Macbeth wants to become King and this obsession of wanting to become King drags Macbeth down as he becomes hated by the end of the play and is considered to be evil. At the start of the play, Macbeth is a well-known soldier throughout the kingdom. He is celebrated and known for being a brave soldier on the battlefield. While the people of the kingdom love and treat Macbeth with great respect, Macbeth himself starts to get the obsession of becoming the King. Once Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about the idea she is fascinated by it and really pushes Macbeth to become King. The only way Macbeth can become King is he would have to kill King Dunkin in order to become the King. A reader will be able to tell that Macbeth has a thirst for power through the drastic changes of his personality. The first change in Macbeth’s personality happens during Act Two, Scene Two, where Macbeth starts to become overwhelmed with ambition and self-doubt. This made Macbeth morality to decline as he is aware of his own tyranny. Then Macbeth tries to forget what he has done to King Dunkin by killing him with a dagger just so he could take the throne of the King but Macbeth starts to realize what he has

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