Transformation of Macbeth

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Transformation of Macbeth

In the beginning of Shakesphere's, Macbeth, the character, Macbeth

is basically an everyday normal type of soldier fighting and killing for

his king. His title at this point is the Thane of Glamis. Upon having a

great day on the battlefield, including killing MacDonwald, Macbeth has no

clue as to what is in store for him. When Macbeth and his friend Banquo

meet the witches for the first time, they are completely shocked. While

talking with the witches Macbeth and Banquo are told that Macbeth will be

named the Thane of Cawdor, and then later king. They also told Banquo that

his children will be kings, but that Banquo would not. After hearing this

Macbeth begins to become ashamed with himself to think that he actually

thought about killing the king in order to the throne from Duncan. At this

point he is somewhat confused and maybe more curious than anything. His

thought was not to do anything drastic to become king. He basically says,

whatever happens, happens.

When Macbeth arrives home to his wife, Lady Macbeth, she begins to

play mind games with him. She does this by trying to convince him to

murder Duncan. She tells him things like “If you were a real man you'd do

it”. This upsets Macbeth, and he begins to think that he is actually going

to do it, and eventually carries it out. What he doesn't realize is that

he will later regret his actions, and wish that he could turn back time.

As soon as Macbeth has killed Duncan, he seems to start to lose his

mind. He just doesn't know what to do with himself. In fact, he cannot

finish smearing the blood on the chamberlains, lady Macbeth had to. As

time goes by Macbeth begins to think that to keep his name clear he must

kill all the people that may pose a threat to him. Even if it means

killing his best friend, Banquo. Macbeth did this by hiring people to kill

him. They succeeded in killing Banquo but his son Fleance escaped.

Although this wasn't the end of Macbeth's killing, for instance he killed

one man's(Macduff's) family, which basically didn't make any sense.

After a couple more run ins with the witches, Macbeth completely

loses all his ability to think straight and starts killing people just to

prevent anyone from finding that he killed Duncan. Not only has Macbeth

lost his mind, so has lady Macbeth. She is always caught walking in her

sleep talking about Duncan's death, and she eventually commits suicide.

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