Character - Macbeth

loyal, brave, heroic, strong

(Thinking about muredering Duncan) "If good, why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair"-Macbeth Act 1 Scene 3

"What he hath lost, noble Macbeth has won"-Duncan Act 1 Scene 2

"They doubly redoubled strokes upon their foe"-Captain Act 1 Scene 2

"For brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name"-Captain Act 1 Scene 2

Villainous, reckless, over-confident, murderous, amoral, rude

"Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell"-Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1

"It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight, if it find heaven, must find it out tonight"-Macbeth Act 3 Scene 1

"O, full of scorpions is my mind"-Macbeth Act 3 Scene 2

(Told his wife's dead) "She should have died herafter"-Macbeth Act 5 Scene 5

'The confident tyrant"-Siward Act 5 Scene 4

"Bring me no more reports.. I cannot taint with fear"-Macbeth Act 5 Scene 3

"The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon"-Macbeth Act 5 Scene 3

Shows he's evil as he is continuously associated with them, and witches have evil connotations.

Macbeth echos their words "So foul and fair a day I have not seen"

When deciding to kill Duncan + Banquo he speaks in rhyming couplets like the witches do "It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight, if it find heaven, must find it out tonight"

The witches hail him when they first meet "All hail Macbeth!"

He stops calling them weird sisters and starts calling them "spirits that know all mortal consequences" and directly quoting them (Act 5 Scene 3)

His downfall/weakness is his ambition

He has the traits of a hero (brave, confident, trustworthy, loyal) at the start "brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name" + "What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won" but his tragic flaw gets the better of him + makes him evil and villainous.

He is self-aware about what he has become "O, full of scorpions is my mind"