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.

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

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

Macbeth finds out about the witches her strong desire for ambition a

terrible dreams which gives the solid theme that he has indeed

over one night and in fear, Macbeth could kill two more men in cold

kills herself unable to remove the "damned spot". At his wife's

murder of Duncan she thinks of performing the act herself but shows a

after she reads the letter from Macbeth as she goes and talks to the

it will succeed, as Lady Macbeth's ambition is far greater than that

Lady Macbeth is then able to exclaim in horror "What! In our

the dagger and the ghost of Banquo and his vivid imagination and his

Lady Macbeth is still strongly in control as the play proceeds

Macbeth takes to secure himself. Macbeth is also very superstitious

the actions he takes in the play, from killing Banquo, then having

because I think that Lady Macbeth was surprised that she was able to

cleanse her hands of the blood that will not wash off. Even though

is able to persuade Macbeth into killing Duncan, assuring Macbeth that

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