Change In Macbeth

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A soul is “a person's deeply felt moral and emotional nature” according to the Merriam- Webster Dictionary. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, there are two murderers and the soul of the main character, Macbeth, changes drastically by the time these two acts are done. Macbeth is Thane of Glamis and a loyal person. He receives a prophecy that he will become king and Thane of Cawdor. His wife learns about this and creates a plan to kill the king. After this murder is committed, Macbeth kills someone else in order to maintain power. Macbeth becomes mentally ill, loses his sanity and has no stable thoughts by the time that the two murders are committed
Before killing Duncan, Macbeth has a lot of mental stability and thinks about his actions. Once Lady Macbeth hears about the prophecy of Macbeth being king, she goes power hungry. She keeps trying to persuade Macbeth to kill the king and successfully …show more content…

Macbeth is still scared about the power that could be taken away from him. Especially when Fleance’s prophecy is to become king. Macbeth says, “Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, no son of mine succeeding” (3.1.68-69). Macbeth worries that his sons will not become king either because of Banquo’s prophecy. Also, Lady Macbeth is not a part of the planning process. Macbeth is creating plans without any persuasion from his wife. He used to make up excuses to not kill, but now he is making reasons to do so. Macbeth creates a plan to kill Banquo and Fleance, but he is not doing the murdering himself. He hires two murderers to come do the job for him. Macbeth would murder Banquo himself but, “yet [he] must not, for certain friends that are both [Banquo’s] and [his]” (3.1.137). Macbeth is losing his mind, he creates an excuse not to kill Banquo himself and puts all of his trust in other people. MORE ANALYSIS. CONCLUDING

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