Throughout Shakespeare's play Macbeth a full examination of his characters, Lady Mabeth and Macbeths portrayal leads to a more sympathetic view of them. The play does not portray Macbeth simply as a cold blooded murderer but rather as a tortured soul attempting to deal with the atrocities surrounding him. Lady Macbeth represses the better side of her nature and the pressure of this awareness and her guilt leads to sleepwalking, near - madness and death.
             Macbeth entered the play as a man of honour, respected by his fellow soldiers and showed great bravery and physical strength, fighting under King Duncan. "Disdaining fortune with his brandished steel...smoked with bloody execution...carved out his passage...fixed his head upon our battlement" from this quote we can image Macbeths heroic qualities: courage, bravery and fearlessness. While Macbeth is in battle, the Thane Of Cawdor is found to be a traitor and executed. King Duncan hears of Macbeths bravery and grants him the Thane's title. "No more that Thane Of Cawdor shall deceive......Go pronounce his present death and with his former title greet Macbeth." This leads us to believe that Macbeth is in no way a traitor and that he is brave enough to deserve such a distinguished title.
             Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both use terms of endearment when referring to each other. "My dearest love" "Great Glamis, worthy Cawdor" yet Macbeth has one character flaw that leads to his demise. Ambition. Before any of the murderous activity occurs, Macbeth does not experience small ambitious premonitions he is directly told by mysterious, dark figures that the prophecies are "ordained" to happen. Although these mysterious prophecies seem doubtful at first, after Macbeth is named Thane Of Cawdor, the third prophecy, his ascending to the throne, no longer seems remote. The fact that Macbeth sees is ultimate goal as an attainable thing that he simply must reach out and take should serve to evoke some sym...