Show how Macbeth changes from a good to an evil man once he kills Duncan.

Macbeth gives himself away at the banquet when he begins to visualise Banquo at the table which shows that he’s turned into an evil man, ‘Thou canst not say I did it: never shake thy gory locks at me.’

Macbeth wants to kill Macduff. He cannot so he decides to kill his wife, children and servants, ‘Give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace his line.’ Macbeth lies to people and begins to act independently and tells his wife to ‘be innocent like the flower’ displaying more evil.

Things that Macbeth says also show that he has become evil. To begin with he breaks his link with god when he cannot say amen when the guards say ‘God bless us.’ He begins to speak more poetically and begins to talk like the witches ‘ere the bat has flown his cloistered flight: ere to black Hecate’s summons The shard–born beetle. With his drowsy hums’ this compared to what he says before he meets the witches’ shows that he’s peaking more poetically and relishes what he is saying.

He seems scared of the witches at first and asks a lot of questions ‘speak if you can:  what are you?’ But he then later in the play he insults the witches ‘How now you secret, black and midnight hags?’ this shows that he’s no longer afraid of the witches displaying that he’s as evil if not more evil than the witches. Macbeth says he will go and see the witches on his own accord which shows he’s aligned with evil ‘I will tomorrow to the weird sisters, more shall they speak; for I am bent to know, by the worst means the worst.’ He starts lying to people, at his banquet he says ‘Ourself will mingle society, and play the humble host.’ Macbeth begins to think more and talk more about himself, at the start of the play Macbeth says ‘the rest is labour, which is not us’d for you:’ he then begins to talk about himself. ‘For mine own good’ and ‘all causes shall give way’ show this. Macbeth becomes more ruthless ‘I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er’

Scotland becomes a worse place under Macbeth’s reign. Lennox calls it a ‘suffering country under a hands accurs’d’ he hopes that ‘we may again Give our tables meat, sleep to our nights,’

When Macduff and Malcolm have a discussion they also talk about Macbeth’s reign. Macduff calls Macbeth a ‘tyrant’ and says the country is under tyranny, which shows that Scotland is not nice to live in and that Macbeth is an evil king. Malcolm calls him ‘black Macbeth’ and one of the withes calls him ‘something wicked’ they feel that Macbeth is evil.