Macbeth’s ambitious nature led him to his rise and his downfall. As the play unfolds, Macbeth’s character drastically changes. There were two major turning points in his charcater; in Act I, when he heard the prophecy of three witches, and Act III, when he decided that he would follow through with his actions and plans. Those two points were also when he begain his rise and his downfall respectively, because they were driven by his ambition. Before Macbeth heard about the witches’ prophecy, people admired him for his strengths as a warrior. In Act I, scene ii, the captain says, “For brave macbeth (well he desserves that name),” (I, ii. 18). Duncan replied to the captain by saying, “O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman”’ talking about macbeth (I, ii. 26). From what the captain and Duncan said about Macbeth and how Macbeth had been talked about before we met him, the readers/audience gets the sense that he is a generally a good man. His great wife, Lady Macbeth, even said that Macbeth was too good. “Yet I do fear thy nature; it is too full o’ the milk of human kindness,” (I, v. 16-17). Macbeth’s innocent and pure nature became full of ambition after the witches had promised him great power. When Macbeth first found out what great power would come to him, he looked forward to it and that began to change many things. “Glamis, and thane of Cawdor? The greatness is behind,” (I, iii. 18). Later in the play, Banquo told Macbeth, “thou hast it now; King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the