Macbeth is a dark tale of paranoia and confusion set in Scotland in the age of Enlightenment. Macbeth a tragedy play, by Shakespeare, ambition and pride shows his positives and negatives of ambition slowly proving his downfall to the reader until his death. Taking place in Scotland where Macbeth would eventually become king for sometime. Macbeth was told by the Witches that he was soon to be king, interested by this prophecy Macbeth wanted to know more. The way the reader was told is that he would have to take the spot from Duncan and the only way he could do that was from murdering the king which started the downfall of Macbeth. Duncan king of Scotland best represents the theme of Act I , because he was the main character, of what was about to happen to him. Lots of dramatic irony fell into this act from how the reader knew what would happen but Duncan had no clue. Macbeth had been planning to kill Duncan “you murder ministers whatever in your sight less substances''(I,V,56) Lady Macbeth starts planning how they were going to kill the king with lady Macbeth getting the guards drunk to be able to kill the guards and the king with no consequence. Macbeth later doesn't want to kill the kings because he sees that he …show more content…
Now that his wife has commit suicide he is grateful she had died then and not by someone in war. Malcolm started to see what he had to do and he started to commence an army to kill Macbeth to become king In Act V. “I will not be afraid of decade and till become birnam forest comes to dunsinane.”(V,iii,65) Malcolm gets his army simultaneously in secret while Macbeth is endeavoring to get people on his side while Macbeth is soon to be slain. “Here come newer comfort “enter Macbeth's