William Shakespeare's powerful Macbeth shows the deterioration of an honourable and

respectable general, Macbeth, who becomes a tragic hero after temptations from the witches and his wife to

Macbeth soliloquies enable the audience to experience the conflict within Macbeth and thus, gain

an understanding of the reasons for his behavior and decisions. As a result, the tremendous reversal of

Macbeth's fortunes in the end leaves the audience filled not with pity, but also awe, at the realization that

Macbeth's soliloquies before the murder of Duncan shows the vigorous internal struggle of

himself, as his conscience is fighting against his evil minds. Also, they shows Macbeth has brought his own

downfall upon himself. The audience will then feel pity about Macbeth's deterioration brought by himself

when witnessing his choice of following the evil.

Macbeth is a courageous and honourable general in Scotland. His success in the battle against the

gradual downfall of character brought by himself heightens the tragic effect. People will always feel to see

by Duncan. Duncan then announces that he will make Malcolm heir to the throne. In Act I, scene iv,

to become king, as he reacts nervously when the witches mention his fate. The very idea of murder "shakes

such a respectable hero turning from good to evil, when experiencing the extreme conflicts within himself

alliance with crime, he is neutral, but obviously temptation is working upon him. Yet, he might overcome

end-all -- here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we'd jump the life to come. But in these cases

assures the safety during his life, he would gladly "jump the life to come". Finally, Macbeth's wife, Lady

and Cawdor who will be king and hail Banquo, who is a nobleman of Scotland and Macbeth's friend, as

witches before, "My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, shakes my single state of man"(I, iii, 139-

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