Malcolm describes Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Describe the way in which

these two characters changed during the course of the play.

At the beginning of the play Macbeth is seen as a courageous

soldier who is loyal to the King but is corrupted from the witches

prophecies and by his and Lady Macbeth's ambition. This is because of

the weakness of Macbeth's character and the strong power of Lady

Macbeth and how she is easily able to influence him. Her strength

motivates him at the start but after he realises what he has done it

is himself that continues in his murderous, bloody path. At the

beginning of the play Lady Macbeth appears as a kind wife of Macbeth's

but underneath lies a scheming and treacherous woman.

In the beginning of the play Macbeth is a strong soldier who

fights for the King without mercy but his strive for ambition and his

curious nature leads him to the witches who give him a prophecy. Which states that he will become the Thane of Cawdor and The King.

Banquo realises that there must be a trick hidden in the witches

prophecies somewhere but Macbeth refuses to accept that, and when Lady

call Macbeth and his wife "a dead butcher and his fiend like queen"

the battle is drawing closer Macbeth shows some good which may have

full responsibility of this. She exerts a lot of power over Macbeth

incident where Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo, but Lady Macbeth is

her words that makes Macbeth act on her words without hesitating.

Lady Macduff and her children murdered, shows the insecurity that was

evil spirits to make herself evil with lines such as "Fill me from the

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