How does macbeth change? By Fran Gonzalez-Cos

How does Macbeth change?

During the play, Macbeth changes several times of personality, some times being a brave, noble war hero to a worried murderer. Shakespeare does this by changing his way of speaking, and using a more powerful colloquial language. We can see that Macbeth might have been affected by the witches prediction and made him a more power-hungry man. Once that the first murder has been done, Macbeth has lost interest or fear to death, as he has to live with it, every single day of his life.

The witches prophecy starts Macbeth thinking of power, and evil things, such as murder. Once the prophecy is little by little becoming a reality, Macbeth seems to find himself in a crazy world, full of evil, and illusions. It is when he becomes thane that he realizes he is power-hungry and his world is full of these things.

When Macbeth becomes king, his relationship with his best friend Banquo, seems to fade away, and hatred to fill in. This is because it is his children that will once become kings and take the crown from Macbeth. Now full of hatred, Macbeth seeks to kill Macbeth and his children to avoid this witch’s prediction.

After Macbeth’s first kill, the assassination of King Duncan, the fear of death and murder seem to lurk away. After this first kill, Macbeth stirs up more murders because he is unafraid of what the circumstances might be. This is because once the first kill has made, he has nothing else to lose, and the murders are needed to continue his reign as King of Scotland.

At the start of the play, the first impression we get from Macbeth is that of a noble war-hero, bringing a victory to Scotland. But at as the story unravels, and he becomes more of a killer, his personality changes to that of a worried murderer. He is worried because he knows that his end is near, and does not know what to do to avoid it.

The most responsible for Macbeth’s change is himself because it is he who, committed the acts of murder, even though if he was constantly pressured. He could have acted against his wife, and would reject the offer of killing King Duncan.