Macbeth Despise Analysis

Set in Scotland, back in the days of King Richard, the play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, tells the story of Macbeth’s rise and fall from the throne. Macbeth is a general for his king, Duncan, the ruler of Scotland. However a chance meeting with the infamous Three Weird Sisters leaves him with a chance to become the very king he lives to serve. Shakespeare has presented Macbeth in a way that makes us both admire min and despise him one at a time or sometimes both at once.

In the first act is where we first see how Shakespeare presents Macbeth. In act one is where we admire him for the first time, but then also despise him a little. When his prophecy is we admire him for the first time by the Three weird Sisters who are witches,

Banquo and Macbeth have been brothers-in-arms for a very long time. Macbeth is hosting Banquo in his castle and the have a long talk one night as friends do. It is here that we admire Macbeth because Macbeth shows concern for his long-time friend. We can admire this because showing concern for is a good thing to do and we as viewers can stand by that. What happens later is when Macbeth becomes king by regicide and wants to secure his position. What makes us despise him is how he goes about securing his position. The only way he deems fit to do so is by killing his long-time friend, Banquo, Also there’s a bit of jealousy involved with this because Banquo’s future was also revealed by the Three Weird Sisters, that he would be the head to a long line of kings but won’t be one himself. Macbeth has decided off the top of his head to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance. We despise Macbeth at this point because Macbeth has almost like a two-faced personality, showing kindness and concern one moment then later having people hunt them down and kill them. Shakespeare presented us Macbeth b having us admire him and despise him by helping, then killing his best