How Does Macbeth's Character Change Throughout The Play

In the Shakespearean play Macbeth, Macbeth’s character undergoes many significant changes. The visual that we created gives a basic idea of how Macbeth’s character changes throughout the play. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is illustrated as a loyal, respected and dedicated Thane who is highly regarded by the King of Scotland, King Duncan. As represented by our visual, Macbeth’s character in the beginning can be considered as valiant as he is noted for his bravery and successes on the battleground, but after the witches’ prophecies that Macbeth will be king and with Lady Macbeth’s encouragement, Macbeth falls to ambition. His thirst for the throne causes him to do “shocking” things, as noted by our visual, such as killing King Duncan for the throne and many others that prevent him from

Creating this visual to outline Macbeth’s character changes has changed some of the beliefs I held about Macbeth. When I first read the play, I thought that when Macbeth killed King Duncan, he did it on his own will and I didn’t think that what other people around him said really mattered in his decision to kill Duncan. I always believed that what people do is only influenced by their decision, no matter what others suggest, but after talking to my group members and making this visual, I realize that Lady Macbeth’s bossy and pushy nature to compel her husband to kill King Duncan was the main reason for Macbeth becoming a murderer. In the future, when I read other Shakespearean texts, I would first try to get a glimpse of the play by finding out the exact relationship between the characters, like master-slave, or husband-wife, king-general, etc. to guess a character’s motive to do the things that he/she does in the play. I would also try to use other resources like the internet to find the meaning of quotes that seem undecipherable to me to better understand what is going on in the