Chnages in Macbeth

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most genuine characters, due to the fact that he displays true human weaknesses, such as when falling into temptation. These weaknesses bring about significant character changes, enhancing this tragedy’s plot. Events such as the elevating prophecies of the three witches, the degrading taunting sessions of his wife, the murder of King Duncan, the murder of Banquo and the Macduff family, and his last visit to the witches heath.

“All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis!” “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!” “All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be king hereafter.” These are the first prophesies made by the Witches, when Macbeth and Banquo, coming back from the battlefield, encounter them in the heath during foul weather as they had predicted. This occurs in Act 1, Scene 3, carefully placed by Shakespeare to foreshadow the events to come. Macbeth was an honest man, but burning with a desire for more, by prophesizing his future to him they added fuel to the fire. The Witches tempted Macbeth with a sense of hope for the future. He was a courageous Scottish general who was not naturally inclined to commit evil deeds, yet he deeply desired power and advancement.

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Macbeth hires three murders to kill Banquo and his son on the way to a dinner party.

Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and

valour as thou art in desire?…, letting

‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would’,…”

Not only does Lady Macbeth question his manhood but his honor, his love, and his courage. Also, the name Fleance may be significant that Fleance has fled from the murderous king, a significant point because the witches’ prophecies are still coming true. This is exactly what the Witches desire; they have taken pleasure in medalling in the lives of mortals for the amusement they receive out of it. After hearing what could be in store for him, he cannot stop pondering the possibilities. Macbeth convinces the murderers that Banquo is the man behind the reason as to why they are nothings, “Know Banquo was your enemy” (Act 3 Scene 1). The murder was done in the dark as Duncan’s was.

Once Macbeth commits his first crime and is crowned king of Scotland, he embarks on further atrocities with increasing ease. Before Macbeth murders Duncan and the guards he thinks twice. A scene of weariness, suspense, and anxiety set the tone of the plays events to come. When he hesitates to murder, she repeatedly questions his manhood until he feels that he must commit murder to prove himself. In Act 1, Scene 7, Lady Macbeth argues:

“Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed

yourself? Hath it slept since? And it wakes it now,

to look so green and pale at what it did so freely? From

this time such I account thy love. The temptation is too great when your name is at stake. In fear and against the wishes of Lady Macbeth, who he once honored as, “my dearest partner to greatness,” Macbeth’s plan is executed. Act 1 Scene 3 takes place in a thunderstorm, the thunderstorm signifying the evil, gruesome, and deception of the plot to come.

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