After the prophecies made by the witches Macbeth is sure that he would become the Thane of Cawdor. However when he enters he is granted the Thane of Cawdor but the kings son, Malcolm would become the king hereafter. Macbeth believes that Malcolm is an obstacle in his way so he must “o’erleap” if he wishes to become king. It is at this point that Macbeth’s personality and his language that he uses changes. Henceforth he uses words such as “fire” and “ill”. The words that Macbeth uses are reflected by the languages used by the witches use , this shows that Macbeth is taking in what the witches had said and imitating the witches. It is his ambition that leads to him to write a letter to Lady Macbeth , this shows that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are close to each other. Henceforth, lady Macbeth is delighted by Macbeth’s letter. Lady Macbeth believes Lady Macbeth has the ambitions but lacks cruelty and ruthlessness. Subsequent to Macbeth’s letter, Lady Macbeth calls upon the spirits of darkness to remove her femininity and fill her with the “direst cruelty”. She does this so she does not have her conscience stopping her from what she is going to do.
Macbeth as just come back from a “bloody” war yet Lady Macbeth is only concerned with her husbands Kingship. Soon after Lady tries to persuade Macbeth in to killing the king . It is apparent to the audience that Macbeth as not become evil yet . Macbeth is stopped by his appreciation by the king and nobles that he is a great warrior and in contrast to this lady Macbeth tries to p[persuade Macbeth into killing the king. It is his noble characteristics that prevent him from doing bad things. Lady Macbeth notices that Macbeth lacks ruthlessness and would not commit the murder, therefore, Lady Macbeth uses clothing imagery, and she says that Macbeth was drunk when he dressed himself up with the hope that he will become king. Lady Macbeth also says that she would even take her breast out of her child’s mouth and stop him from sucking her “nipple” in addition she would smash her babies head but she would go back on her words. This shows Lady Macbeth’s barbaric and ferocious characteristics. Finally, Lady Macbeth’s uses Macbeth’s manly hood, this manages to persuade Macbeth to commit the crime.
After King Duncan’s death Macbeth immediate fells the guilt as to that, he says that he has “murdered sleep” and so Macbeth shall sleep no more, he has committed such a crime that he will regret it all his existence. Macbeth becomes obsessed that he could not say “amen”, he fills guilty that he could not say amen following the guards. Macbeth shows his guilt with a metaphor that “not will all Neptune’s ocean…” here he says that he has done such a big crime that Neptune’s ocean will not wipe the blood stains that he has in his hands. In addition, he also trying to say that he has so much stains that if he tries to clean his hands he would make the oceans red with the blood he has in hands but his stains would not fade. Straight after Duncan’s murder Macbeth arrives at his room with the daggers that he used to kill King Duncan , subsequently after Macbeth arrives Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth that the daggers should be taken back to the Scene of the murder , but Macbeth says ‘no’.. Hereafter, Macbeth concludes to the witches predictions and says that Banquo’s family must be killed as to that his descendents will become king. This is the inauguration of there break up of there marriage and the beginning of a tragic Macbeth. At this point Macbeth as completely become evil. This due to that he did not listen to Lady Macbeth in addition he did not Lady Macbeth help. To kill Banquo Macbeth hires hitmen this shows that Macbeth is becoming more independent and does not needs the aid of Lady Macbeth . Macbeth uses lady Macbeth’s techniques, he uses their manliness he even says that Banquo is an enemy and should be killed.
Macbeth illustrates his envy for King Duncan saying that he “sleeps well” , Macbeth is tormented by his evil and grief , this is what stops Macbeth from sleeping.
After Banquo is killed ferociously by the mercenaries , Macbeth is informed that Banquo is dead Macbeth is disturbed and worried about the news and to show this he uses alliteration “cabined, cribbed , confined” this shows Macbeth that he is insecure. This shows his evilness as to that best companion has been killed and he feels no sympathy for his death but only thinks of himself and his security.
Following Banquo’s death Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost but no one else can se it , I believe that it is Macbeth guilty conscience that sees Banquo’s ghost, this is likely to be caused by his thoughts and mind playing around with him or it can be that he was not had sleep and lacks sleep.
Macbeth believes that he is on a path of destruction and no return this is shown when he says “ I am in blood stepped in so far that should..” . Macbeth’s evilness is proved once again, when Macbeth returns to the witches.
In Act 5 Scene 1 we see that lady Macbeth sleep walks plus we see her carrying a candle at all times this is trying to say that she is afraid of darkness , this is in contrast to her in the beginning of the play , showing her calling in the spirits of darkness. This is due to that Macbeth has “murdered sleep”. Later on in the play near the end of Macbeth’s battle with Macduff, we see that Macbeth will fight to the end with “flesh be hacked”. This is very violent imagery in addition this also echoes the earlier image of a brave soldier who will fight to save his country but here he is trying to save himself.
I believe that Macbeth could have lead his life of bravery , honour and obedience if it was not for the witches who were the start of his death. In addition I also believe that Macbeth is also responsible for his death as to that he was also responsible due to that he had ambitions but even after he started to feel a little sympathy for himself he went back to the witches. One final character who was involved in the death of Macbeth was Lady Macbeth, who controlled his mind like a remote telling him what to do and when he became king and a traitor Macbeth cared little for his wife.
