A Character Analysis of Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth
By the end of Act V scene v it is clear that Macbeth is not going
to rule his kingdom much longer. He is to be killed by a "man none of
woman born" (IV,i,80) who we find out latter in the play is Macduff.
Before Macbeth is to be killed we find out that he is a great warrior, a
sane man, and a superstitious man.
In Act I scene ii we find out that Macbeth is a great warrior. We
start the scene off from a sergeants account of the fighting against the
enemy's of the king and Macbeth.
For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that
name,-disdaining fortune, with his
brandish'd steel, which smok'd with
bloody execution.
(I,ii,16-18)
From this we can tell that Macbeth fought bravely and through unbeatable
odds against Macdonwald's army. It also tells us that Macbeth can handle a
sword like it was an extension of his own body. The sergeant also tells
us:
As cannons overcharg'd with double cracks;
So they doubly redoubled strokes upon the
foe:
(I,ii,37-39)
From this we can tell that he was a relentless and courageous fighter and
would not stop until he had won. He is such a fearless fighter that the
day would be remembered for centuries to come the sergeant says: "Or
memorize another Golgotha," this tells us that Macbeth would have gone
down in the books as Scotland's heroic warrior. Macbeth had two glorious
battles both of which he had won. from these battles and the sergeants
words we can truly say that Macbeth was a great warrior.
Macbeth is also to be portrayed as an insane man, but I think that
this is not to be true. An insane man is supposed to be delirious, make no
sense what-so-ever, and to enjoy the killing and deaths of others. On the
contrary Macbeth is none of these, he in my opinion is a very sane man.
Macbeth says to lady Macbeth that "we will proceed no further in this
business" (I,vii,31) in this scene Macbeth is showing hesitation in
killing Ducan, which tells us that Macbeth like any other normal man does
not like killing. In Act II scene I Macbeth has his first major Soliloquy
where he seems to be delirious by seeing a dagger floating around him "A
dagger of the mind, a false creation" (II,i,38). I think that this in fact
is just his imagination telling him that it is a mistake to kill Ducan.
Macbeth has a very stressful decision on his mind whether to compel to the
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