Shakespeare presents Macbeth to be the stereotypical hero and ideal man, yet when the audience first ee Macbeth, he is flawed and in tatters as when confronted by the witches, he reacts in a dumbfounded and unknowledgeable way where he is oblivious of danger, which should not be seen in a war hero. Therefore, Macbeth is seen as a naïve jeopardy to himself rather than the picture-perfect hero.
In this speech, Macbeth is presented as a harsh and very unstable king who does not show respect for those who serve him. He is not shown as a strong character yet as a weak one, unsure of himself, therefore taking out all his grief, anger, and remorse on those around him. I do not believe this portrays Macbeth as a hero yet as a weak cowards, as a king
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Macbeth is pushed to his actions by his ambitious and overbearing wife, or is he tricked into murdering the king by the witches and their prophecies. Or is it just fate and his own evil? If these circumstances are what forced Macbeth into the path he led, then the audience may perceive him as a victim, although this can be said to be irrelevant, as Macbeth was his own person who at any given moment has free will and would have been able to make his own decision. Whether or not Macbeth is a victim is to be perceived differently by any given …show more content…
When Macbeth learns of the loss of his wife, Macbeth shows no remorse nor even a feeling towards her death, showing that either Macbeth has grown to become used to death or he has lost the capacity to give a crap. Yes, this is villainous, not caring about your wife, yet it can be seen as upsetting to learn that a fellow human being has lost the right to such a basic human need, emotion, love, grief. This is where an element of a victim plays part once more, yet again counteracted by the argument that Macbeth himself led this path, nobody but