"This dead butcher and his fiend like queen", is the way in which
             Malcolm describes Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. 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 witches
             prophecies 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 realises 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 realises that there must be a trick hidden in the witches
             prophecies somewhere but Macbeth refuses to accept that, and when Lady
             Macbeth finds out about the witches her strong desire for ambition and
             her cold nature leads Macbeth astray. Macbeth is a little ambitious
             at first, but Lady Macbeth's far exceeds his and so she is able to get
             Macbeth to agree with her to kill King Duncan. Macbeth still has a
             conscience at this stage because he is very hesitant about killing the
             King but his weak nature over comes him. He has a conscience
             throughout the entire play as this is seen by the hallucinations of
             the dagger and the ghost of Banquo and his vivid imagination and his
             constant worry also provokes him. This is also evident in his
             terrible dreams which gives the solid theme that he has indeed
             Throughout the play we see the character of Macbeth...