In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, several characters had undergone great changes over the course of the story, but none had changed so much as Macbeth himself had. At first, Macbeth was a very honorable and noble man, both on and off the battlefield. Macbeth however, was a very ambitious man as well, and this was part of the reason for his change in character and downfall. Pushed by the idea that he could be king, his growing ambition and misplaced confidence in the prophecies and Lady Macbeth, Macbeth begins to become an evil, murderous tyrant lacking any sense of mind.
             As the play begins, Macbeth is seen as a man with great honor and nobility. On the battlefield he fought very courageously and bravely for his country, as told by the captain. He had showed great loyalty to not only himself, but mainly to Scotland and King Duncan, unlike the previous Thane of Cawdor who had deceived Scotland. It can also be seen that Macbeth carried a high set of morals. He had been a very conscientious man who cared very much for the well being of his fellow friends as well as for himself. Before killing King Duncan, Macbeth had gone through a big ordeal of whether or not he should do the deed. His conscience played a huge role, for he knew that killing King Duncan would not be the right thing to do. Even though, Macbeth does kill Duncan, afterwards, Macbeth shows great remorse over his course of action. He knows that he has made a great mistake and wishes that he hadn't done it. He talks of how his hands are covered with blood and that he will never be able to clean it all up. Macbeth is talking about his conscience and how he will always know deep inside that he was guilty of the murder of Duncan. So even though, Macbeth had done the wrong and immoral thing, at least he had the sense to know that he had sinned and done no good.
             Very near the beginning of the play however, Macbeth's character starts to chan...