1606 during the English Renaissance, the hero, Macbeth, constantly

declines in his level of morality until his death at the end of the

play. Because of his change of character from good to evil, Macbeth's

attitude towards other characters, specifically Duncan, Banquo, Lady

Macbeth, and the witches, is significantly affected.

The first of the four characters is Duncan. Since Macbeth

interacts with Duncan only a minimal amount before Duncan's death,

Macbeth's attitude towards him changes very rapidly. Before Macbeth

hears the witches' first prophecy, he is very close to Duncan, and

would never even think of doing something against him. When the

thought of murdering Duncan crosses his mind immediately after he

finds that he has just been named Thane of Cawdor, he cannot believe

he "yield[s] to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my

hair / And make my seated heart knock at my ribs" (I, iii, 133-35). In

scene 5 of act 1, however, his "vaulting ambition" is starting to take

over, but partly because of his wife's persuasion. He agrees that they

must "catch the nearest way" (17), and kill Duncan that night. On

settled." (79). He is firmly seated in his beliefs that killing Duncan

tells his wife in his letter to her that the witches "have more in

apparitions that the witchs have conjured up especially to torture

them than mortal knowledge." (2), and he puts great faith in their

in the ironic phrase in which he damns "all those that trust them",

calm and relaxed, not distracted by anything, he probably would have

persuasion and his own vaulting ambition, he is put in the evil frame

starts trusting no one and hating - or killing - everyone. His wife

remarks that "I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no

Macb: So is he mine; and in such bloody distance

Not bear the knife myself.

pair are dangerous because his ambition combined with her bloodiness

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