During a soliloquy the main focus is on the character whose thoughts are being shown In Macbeth Macbeths characters mind changes.

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A soliloquy is when a character is set aside and their thoughts are shown to the audience. During a soliloquy the main focus is on the character whose thoughts are being shown In Macbeth Macbeths characters mind changes. They show how his thoughts change.

Macbeth's character is first loyal to his king but over time after receiving the prophecy from the witches that he would become king he started to become more murderous and more willing to kill for his ambition. This essay shows the changing of Macbeth's character through his soliloquies.

Thane of Glamis thane of Cawdor the greatest is yet behind. This means that him being king which to him is the greatest is yet to come. at this stage his character is ambitious and he has set his goal.
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Two truths are told as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme. Here Macbeth is referring to the prophecies as being the start of his journey to become king.

Also the fact that he describes them as happy show his ambitious character again.

This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill cannot be good. This shows Macbeth questioning the witches' prophecy questioning whether they are a good thing because he can become king or a bad thing because he has to kill.

If chances will have me king, why chance will crown me without ...

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