Ben Crystal
English 10
23 February 2023
Character Transformation in Macbeth
In the story Macbeth there are a lot of crazy psychological features that could change a man. Such crazy things force character transformation. Transforms a strong character into some weak character. The main character Macbeth started the story with some admirable traits, such as ambition, loyalty, and level headed. He was loyal to his king and kinsman Duncan, which is shown in act 1 scene 4 when he says,” I’m not happy unless I can be working for you”. He’s shown to be level headed when he starts regretting his plan to murder Duncan and back out of it when he tells his wife it wouldn’t be very wise.” We can’t go on with this plan. The king has just honored me…”. He
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His ambition is displayed in heavy seriousness when he starts thinking about what he must do to become king and his great desire to become king.”I’m either gonna have to step over him or give up, because he’s in my way. Stars hide your light so no one can see the terrible desires within me”. These traits are all very important to his character and very virtuous ones, however he may have taken them too far. His loyalty swayed from his king to his wife who constantly manipulated him into following her and this ended up in his betraying of the king. His level headed started to take on an evil way of thought when Banquo began having suspicions, which led Macbeth to kill his once friend. His heavy ambition that once guided him to great heights began to thirst for complete control over his court and making sure no one was a danger to his rule. He was level headed in how he hid his actions and emotions after killing Duncan for a little while but after a little bit his mind couldn’t handle it. He started acting paranoid and jerky. He ended up killing Banquo which was a little bit of a jump and after that he decided to take out Macduff.