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             The character Macbeth in Shakespeare's play Macbeth
             In 1606 William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) (Truex, 289), the Bard of Avon (Taylor, notes), wrote a tragedy, Macbeth, for his new patron, James I (James VI of Scotland), following the death of Queen Elizabeth (Truex, 289). The play is a tribute to James in the fact that one of the characters, Banqou, was an ancestor of James(Truex, 299). The play itself tells the story of a man (Macbeth), urged by his wife and foretold by prophecy, who commits regicide in order to gain power.
             In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, there are many characters with which undergo a character change. The character that changes the most from beginning to end is the tragic hero, Macbeth. At the beginning of the play Macbeth is seen as a courageous solider 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 realizes what he has done it is himself that continues in his murderous, bloody path.
             In the beginning of the play Macbeth is a strong solider who fights for the King without mercy but his strive for ambition and his curious nature leads him to the witched who give him a prophecy (I.1). 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 the hallucinations of the dagger (I.3.1-69) and the ghost of Banquo (III.4.) and his vivid imagination see this and his constant worry also provokes him.
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