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Was Macbeth Secular

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In the Renaissance the belief was mostly secular. People weren’t really interested in the Church anymore. Macbeth, the main character was very secular. Macbeth was only concerned about his life on Earth and didn’t care about his afterlife, heaven or hell. Macbeth wasn’t afraid of punishment by God, he was only afraid of being punished on earth. He had thoughts of killing people and he killed people.
It was believed that during Renaissance times, humans could change the world for the common good or for positive effects. A character named Macduff really believed this. When Macbeth became king, he wasn’t really a good ruler and Macduff knew that the next ruler, Malcolm will not benefit Scotland for the better. Macduff really knew that Scotland
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