Change In Shakespeare's Macbeth From Beginning To End

Macbeth from Beginning to End Most characters develop a change throughout their story. The main character in Macbeth is Macbeth himself. Macbeth goes through a huge change from the beginning to the end of the play. His actions and changes were not all his doing. Lady Macbeth had a little to do with Macbeth changing into the Macbeth he is at the end of the play. In the beginning of the play Macbeth was worried about committing any type of crime or any form of treason. Macbeth said in act one scene seven “We will proceed no further in this business./He hath honored me of late, and I have bought/Golden opinions from all sorts of people,/Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,/Not cast aside so soon” (Shakespeare 338). In this scene he

She just had to degrade him and make him question how much of a man he is. Lady Macbeth replies asking him if he is drunk and calling him a coward. She told him “Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage?” (Shakespeare 338). This shows how scared Macbeth was, and how determined his wife was. He was living in fear of this and not wanting to do it. Then once he went to see the three witches he realized everything they were foreseeing could be possible. The first witch said “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis!” (Shakespeare). Than the second witch said “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!” (Shakespeare). Finally the third witch said “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (Shakespeare). Once the king appointed him Thane of Cawdor, because the other Thane of Cawdor committed treason, Macbeth then believed that everything the witches said was going to happen will happen. He then became very greedy. He let the thought of him having power get into his head and that was all he focused on. After he killed the king he was worried of people finding out. The floating bloody dagger represented Macbeth’s worries and fear. Yet later in the play his main focus became becoming the king and nothing else. According to Paul Gleed “The pity may be a little harder to reach, but as many critics have observed, through Macbeth has done unspeakable things, because we watched him

And what he wants is to be king. Later in the play he goes to see the three witches again. They tell him four important things: 1 To beware of Macduff. 2 That he will not be harmed by anyone “born of women”. 3 That he would not be defeated until Birnam Wood would come to Dunsinane. 4 That Banquo’s descendants would be kings. He is so blinded by what the three witches said about him that he thinks he is untouchable. In act five scene eight Macbeth and Macduff fight. Macduff says “I have no words. /My voice is in my sword. Thou bloodier villain/than terms can give thee out!” (Shakespeare). Than Macbeth replies with “Thou losest labor./As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air/With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed./Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests;/I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield/To one of woman born” (Shakespeare). This just shows Macbeth's willingness to kill anyone to get what he wants. He is so modest in thinking that he is untouchable. Yet he did not realize that the witches were tricking him the whole entire