Macbeth - Character Changes :: essays research papers

"This bushed(p) butcher and his fiend like queen", is the counseling in which Malcolm describes Macbeth and peeress Macbeth. Describe the way in which these two characters changed during the course of the play.At the head start of the play Macbeth is seen as a courageous soldier who is loyal to the poove but is corrupted from the witches prophecies and by his and chick Macbeths breathing in. This is because of the liteness of Macbeths character and the strong power of skirt Macbeth and how she is easily able to make up ones mind 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 Macbeths 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 w ho give him a prophecy. Banquo realises that there must be a trick hidden in the witches prophecies somewhere but Macbeth refuses to conduct that, and when Lady Macbeth finds out about the witches her strong desire for ambition and her iciness nature leads Macbeth astray. Macbeth is a little ambitious at first, but Lady Macbeths far exceeds his and so she is able to get Macbeth to agree with her to pull down 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 unblemished play as this is seen by the hallucinations of the dagger and the ghost of Banquo and his vivid caprice and his constant worry also provokes him. This is also evident in his terrific dreams which gives the solid theme that he has indeed "murdered sleep". end-to-end the play we see the character of Macbeth change not from just the way he thinks and what we hear from the play, bu t from the actions he takes in the play, from killing Banquo, therefore having Lady Macduff and her children murdered, shows the insecurity that was present in Macbeth. After the murder of Duncan Macbeth becomes paranoiac and his first step of killing the guards is one of many that Macbeth takes to secure himself.