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Macbeth Characters (Macbeth (Strengths (Ambitious, Warrior, Brave),…
Macbeth Characters
Macbeth
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Macbeth is introduced in the play as a warrior hero, whose fame on the battlefield wins him great honor from the king
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His ambition now begins to spur him toward further terrible deeds, and he starts to disregard and even to challenge Fate and Fortune.
Each successive murder reduces his human characteristics still further, until he appears to be the more dominant partner in the marriage.
Macduff
Macduff is the archetype of the avenging hero, not simply out for revenge but with a good and holy purpose
Macbeth kills his father and his family, spurs him toward his desire to take personal revenge upon the tyrannical Macbeth
combat between hero and anti-hero, this humanity is recalled once more when Macduff cries out, "I have no words; my voice is in my sword." It is his very wordlessness that contrasts with Macbeth's empty rhetoric
Like Macbeth, Macduff is also shown as a human being. When he hears of the death of his "pretty chickens," he has to hold back his emotions
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Banquo
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Banquo is open to human yearnings and desires: He is, for example, just as keen to hear what the Witches have in store for him
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Swell as macbeth Banquo is also over ambitious, has a fake onversation with Macbeth, tells himself to hush
there's a part of him that wants to be the "root and father/ Of many kings." Is that hope what keeps him from snitching
Lady Macbeth
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She is able to act as the consummate hostess, enticing her victim, the king, into her castle. When she faints immediately after the murder of Duncan, the audience is left wondering whether this, too, is part of her act.
She becomes mentally deranged, a mere shadow of her former commanding self, gibbering in Act V, Scene 1 as she "confesses" her part in the murder
Duncan
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His language is formal and his speeches full of grace and graciousness,
Malcom
Malcolm is the embodiment of all that is good in kingship,
this seen particularly in Act IV, Scene 3, in which he tests the allegiance of Macduff.
this feature of his character — playing a part in order to strengthen the prospect of good — is in stark contrast to Macbeth, who plays a part in order to advance his own evil
when Malcolm is presented as future king he uses the phrace 'by the grace of Grace" indicates the importance that he attaches to the service of good
reminds the audience of his direct descent from one who ruled by divine right, as opposed to Macbeth,who usurped the throne.
Like his father Duncan, Malcolm is the representative of order.