Macbeth
The progression of Characters (Macbeth and Lady Macbeth) "This dead butcher and his fiend like queen", is the way in which Malcolm describes MacBeth and Lady MacBeth. I intend to describe the way in which these two characters changed during the course of the play. At the beginning of the play Macbeth is seen as a courageous soldier who is loyal to the King but is corrupted from the witchesProphecies and by his and Lady Macbeth's ambition. This is because of the weakness of Macbeth's character and the strong power of Lady Macbeth and how she is easily able to influence him. Her strength motivates him at the start but after he realizes what he has done it is himself that continues in his murderous, bloody path. At the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth appears as a kind wife of Macbeth's but underneath lies a scheming and treacherous woman. In the beginning of the play Macbeth is a strong soldier who fights for the King without mercy but his strive for ambition and his curious nature leads him to the witches who give him a prophecy. Banquo realizes that there must be a trick hidden in the witches prophecies somewhere but Macbeth refuses to accept that, and when LadyMacbeth finds out about the witches her
This is also evident in his terrible dreams that give the solid theme that he has indeed,"murdered sleep". At his wife's suicide Macbeth has already thrown away his conscience, so much so, that Macbeth commits even more evil acts afterwards without even admitting her to his conscience. Throughout the play we see the character of Macbeth change but not from just the way he thinks. MacBeth kills the first Thane of Cawdor for trying to lead a revolution against England. First he killed Duncan, then he killed Banquo. Other factors do however also contribute to this change such as his wife whose ambition is very strong at first. And if MacBeth did not kill Duncan, none of the other characters would have died. After a while though, a person's flaws come back to haunt them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**none here. Lady Macbeth is still strongly in control as the play proceeds and is able to handle crises very well. If he was not so ambitious and determined to be king, he would never have killed Duncan. Although she helps MacBeth acquire the courage to commit the murder, she is not willing to do it herself. Banquo was killed because he knew too much about the murder of Duncan. Over the course of the play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth greatly change with respect to their characters and their personalities. But Banquo did not deserve death just because he did not act quickly in telling someone that MacBeth killed Duncan.
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