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CHANGES IN MACBETH'S CHARACTER THROUGHOUT THE PLAY (MACBETH IN ACT ONE…
CHANGES IN MACBETH'S CHARACTER THROUGHOUT THE PLAY
MACBETH IN ACT ONE
In
Act One, Scene Two
, we are told Macbeth is a brave and valiant soldier
"For brave Macbeth..."
"O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman"
"... noble Macbeth hath won"
In
Act One, Scene Three
, Macbeth is told the three predictions by the witches and he starts to contemplate killing Duncan
"why do I yeild to that suggestion, whose horrid image unfix my hair..."
"My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical"
In
Act One, Scene Four
, Macbeth speaks in rhyming couplets whilst speaking about Duncan
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires:
The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be,
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
Shows Macbeth's evil intentions as he mirrors the way the witches speak (rhyming couplets)
In
Act One, Scene Five
, Macbeth has started to be manipulated by Lady Macbeth into killing Duncan
"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't"
In
Act One, Scene Seven
Macbeth makes his final decision on whether to kill Duncan or not, with persuasion from Lady Macbeth
"I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition"
Macbeth has no reason to kill Duncan besides his own ambition
"We will proceed no further in this business"
Macbeth's first decision is to not kill Duncan
"When we have marked with blood those sleepy two..."
In the end, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth decide to kill Duncan and blame it on his guards
CHANGE IN MACBETH'S CHARACTER IN THE ACT
At the beginning of the Act, Macbeth is portrayed as a good and brave man, however, by the end, he is seen to be deceptive and violent
MACBETH IN ACT TWO
In
Act Two, Scene Two
we see Macbeth after he's killed the rightful King of Scotland, Duncan
"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?"
Also shows Macbeth's feeling of guilt
"I have done the deed"
This shows that Macbeth cannot face his guilt that he has killed and decides to call the murder a "deed"
"But wherefore could I not pronounce 'Amen'?"
Macbeth feels like he can't even face God due to the murder he has commited
In
Act Two, Scene One
we see Macbeth hallucinating and he give a soliloquy before he kills King Duncan.
"Is this a dagger which i see before me..."
"...a false creation from the heat-oppressed brain"
In
Act Two, Scene Three
, Duncan's body is discovered
"Had I but died an hour before this chance,
I had lived a blessed time; for, from this instant,
There 's nothing serious in mortality:
All is but toys: renown and grace is dead;
The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of"
This is an example of Macbeth being deceptive as we know that his grief is disingenuous
CHANGE IN MACBETH'S CHARACTER IN THE ACT
In this Act, Macbeth starts to struggle with the guilt from murdering Duncan, but he also has to keep up appearances with the other Lords, so he acts as if he is grief-stricken, contrasting from the supposedly fearless and honorable Macbeth we hear about in Act One, Scene Two
MACBETH IN ACT THREE
In
Act 3, Scene 1
, Macbeth starts to feel insecure in his position as the new king and decides to kill Banquo
"To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus"
"Our fears in Banquo stick deep"
In
Act Three, Scene 2
, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth continue to feel insecure in their positions and reflect on the murder
"...these terrible dreams that shake us nightly"
"O full of scorpions is my mind"
"We have scotched the snake, not killed it"
In
Act 3, Scene 4
, Macbeth hosts a banquet and sees the ghost of Banquo at the dinner table and by the end of the scene he comes to terms with his guilt surrounding the murders he has committed/ordered
"never shake thy gory locks at me!"
"...when the brains were out, the man would die and there an end; but now they rise again"
"I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er"
CHANGE IN MACBETH'S CHARACTER
This act is a
turning point
for Macbeth. After killing his close friend Banquo he starts to hallucinate, but by the end of the scene, he has come to terms with the multiple murders he's commited, but knows that he has to keep on killing more people to protect his position
MACBETH IN ACT FOUR
In
Act 4, Scene 1
, Macbeth goes back to the witches to collect more predictions and he decides to kill Macduff and his family
"Something wicked [Macbeth] this way comes" - Second Witch
Macbeth is no longer the honorable hero he was in Act One
"Shall Banquo's issue ever reign in the kingdom?"
CHANGES IN MACBETH'S CHARACTER
Macbeth has become desperate for any hope to cling to (especially about Banquo's "issue"), even if it comes from the deceiving witches
MACBETH IN ACT FIVE
In
Act 5, Scene 3
, Macbeth starts to feel some confidence thanks to the apparitions provided by the witches.
He is also show to have lost control of his lords and servants
"Bring me no more reports; let them fly all: till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I cannot taint with fear"
"Then fly, false thanes"
In
Act 5, Scene 5
Lady Macbeth kills herself due to the guilt she feels. Meanwhile, Macbeth expresses depressive and suicidal thoughts
"Out, out brief candle"
"Life's but a walking shadow"
In
Act 5, Scene 8
, Macbeth faces Macduff. Even after finding out he "wasn't of woman born" and knowing that he will die, Macbeth fights Macduff, rather than run away like a "coward"
"...Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped"
"Yet I will try the last"
CHANGES IN MACBETH'S CHARACTER
At this point in the play, Macbeth has given up. He has lost everything and doesn't see any reason to live anymore, despite this, he still dies in a "brave" way. In comparison to Macbeth after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth now seems to not care about anything, in contrast to him worrying and feleng immense guilt for killing Duncan