Macbeth was a truly admirable character. He could have been extremely happy as the Thane of Cawdor, but he craved more then what he had and this greed that grew

After a while we see that Macbeth is a truly fearful man he is not scared of murdering as he has done it many times before in the battlefields but he is scared of being caught. Lady Macbeth who is extremely manipulative and more confident then her husband believes that they will not fail the task to kill and convinces Macbeth that the plan must be finished. “If we should fail?” “We fail?” “ But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we’ll not fail.”

After killing the king, Macbeth cannot enjoy wearing the crown that he stole because of the mounting fear of somebody discovering his evil actions, and he fears that his friend Banquo the most. This is because Banquo is a good, honourable person who knows Macbeth so well, he is sure that Banquo suspects the truth and will restore the right by revelling the truth. More sings of Macbeth loosing his admirable qualities are shown to us as he becomes jealous of the fact The Withes Phrophersy that Banquo’s heirs will become kings “ Thou shalt get Kings, though thou be none.” So he decides to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. He makes these plans by himself without asking his wife and has no uncertainty his murder. This is a very crucial place in the change of Macbeth becoming less admirable as it shows us that he has changed completely from the man we were introduced to because that Macbeth would have never conceded killing his trusted friend and partner because of pure greed and jealously.

By the time of the royal banquet Macbeth’s fear and guilt has driven him to loss of self-control. During the meal he sees the ghost of Banquo siting in his chair and he openly makes himself appear guilty of the crime by denying his guilt and saying “Thou canst say I did it” Lady Macbeth tries to keep their respect intact by persuading that the King is ill, ending the meal and asking them to leave. Lady Macbeth is scared that Macbeth is not doing a good job in covering up and calls Banquo’s ghost a “painting of you fear” and accuses Macbeth of being “ quite unmanned in folly”. Macbeth is now so caught up in guilt that he is scared of everyone around him.

He then goes to meet the witches where he sees the apparitions that tell him “ beware of Macduff” and “ The power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth” they also tell him that “ Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him” Macbeth dismisses the apparitions “ That will never be.” This shows us that he is not threatened by the apparitions because they sound impossible.

When Macbeth is told that Macduff has gone to England to join Malcolm’s side he shows that he is in the Witches power and plans to kill Macduff’s family he also says “From this moment the very firstlings of my hand heart shall be The firstlings of my hand.” This shows how different this Macbeth is from the man that won the battle at the start of the play and got handed a title for his courage, the man who vows to kill any one who come across his way is far from courageous or admirable.

Macbeth was a truly admirable character. He could have been extremely happy as the Thane of Cawdor, but he craved more then what he had and this greed that grew more and more changed him to become less admirable and led him to his death.