'HOW DO MACBETHS VIEWS CHANGE THROUGHOUT: ACT 1, SCENE 7'
            
             In this scene, Macbeth's ideas on assassinating the King (also his friend) change greatly. MacBeth starts off greatly against the killing, but is converted by a possessed Lady MacBeth.
            
             At the start of the scene, MacBeth is discussing the killing with himself in a soliloquy. He is greatly against the killing at this point. He feels that despite the fact he really wants to kill the king, he can't bring himself to do it: 'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition that o'erleaps itself and falls on th'other' – This means that the only reason he wants to kill the king is his 'vaulting ambition'.
            
             He also feels that Duncan was a good king 'So clear in his great office', and was very loyal to him – And MacBeth felt he returned this loyalty. MacBeth is scared as well, as he fears that this event may come back to haunt him (Some-one may do to him what he does to Duncan): 'Teach bloody instructions, which being taught, may return to plague the inventor'.
            
             MacBeth is not the sort of person who appears to be easily persuaded, so Lady MacBeth was obviously prepared or armed with arguments to get MacBeth back on track. She uses threats and insults to persuade him.
            
             She insults him by saying things like 'From this time on, such I account thy love' – This means that if he won't do it, then he doesn't love her much. This is painful for MacBeth as the love between the couple at this time is very strong. She also compares him to a fish that wants fish, but does not want to get its feet wet: 'Like the poor cat I'th'adage'. She also calls him a coward for this reason.
            
            
             Another insult Lady MacBeth uses is 'When you durst do it, then you are a man'. This basically says that he is not a man until he carries out ...