Macbeth Character Mindmap
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- Created on: 12-01-19 22:20
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- Macbeth
- Ambitious but easily led astray
- He's easily influenced by other meaning he can be weak
- He wants to become king and doesn't care who he hurts in the process
- Brave Hero
- He is a strong warrior who fights bravely in battle
- Macbeth is described as a 'valiant' warrior
- Macbeth's brave actions impress the king so much he names him Thane of Cawdor
- Macbeth seems most comfortable on the battlefield. He doesn't worry about his guilty conscience and the morality of his actions
- Macbeth dies in battle
- Brutal Murderer
- Macbeth murders Duncan because he wants to be king
- Lady Macbeth persuades him to kill Duncan
- He has Macduff's family and Banquo killed because he is worried about losing his position
- Macbeth's violent ambition has ruined all his noble characteristics
- Struggles with his conscience
- He spends a lot of his time feeling guilty
- He has a strong sense of right and wrong and worries about the consequence of his actions
- Once he's killed Duncan, Macbeth swings between killing everyone who threatens his position and moments of despair when he struggles with terrible guilt
- He's to kill Duncan because Macbeth recognises that Duncan trusts him and as his host he has a duty to protect him
- By the end he no longer feels guilty because he thinks that a person's actions don't matter and that life means nothing
- Easily influenced
- Lady Macbeth greatly influenced Macbeth, he wouldn't have killed Duncan if it wasn't for her
- Lady Macbeth's influence over Macbeth declines after Duncan's murder as the other murders seem to come more easily so he acts alone
- Ambitious but easily led astray
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