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Personality

Role

  • Ambitious - he strives to be at the top, introduced as already a Thane revealing his high ranking
  • Brave - his friends describe him as being brave
  • Weak - subconsciously Macbeth cannot hold his own, guilt of murder overwhelms and destroys him, as does his ambition
  • Contrasting - he is at once too ambitious to allow his conscience to stop him from murdering his way to the top and too conscientious to be happy with himself as a murderer
  • Moral Compass that he does not follow - Macbeth know what is morally right but his ambition overthrows this.
  • Antagonist - he killed many other character and created turmoil in the play (interrupted the chain of being)
  • King - Once duncan was slain, Macbeth was crowned king, a title which he did not earn
  • Noble Warrior - In battle Macbeth is courageous and daring
  • Murderer - He killed his king, friends and friend of friends
  • Tyrant - a bad person

Development (Growth & change)

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  • Began as a noble warrior
  • His ambition instantly showed at the witches prophecy
  • His insistent ambition drove him to the murder of ing Duncan, although his conscience knew not to.
  • He became a different person after the murder, plagued by guilt, willing to commit more murder.
  • Overconfidence due to the new witches prophecy
  • Despairing and emotionless due to guilt.
  • Courageous death, he's come full circle.

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