In act two we see the first part of his dramatic change and we see part of the witches' prophecy come true. He is a man compelled to actions by the pressure of other people, and his "tragic flaw" consists of replacing his own ambition with that of others, such as his wife or the witches, and then allowing their ambitious or visions to blind him. Macbeth is still unsure about if he should kill Duncan or if he should not. He is then convinced to do it by his wife Lady Macbeth and hence started the witches' prophecy. Their prophecies darkened the thoughts of Macbeth and put in his head what they said and he thought that what they had was what was going to happen and nothing could change that. If he would not have listen to his power hungry wife and did not Duncan then any of this would have happened. "But why couldn't I say Amen? I had the strongest need to be blessed, yet Amen stuck in my throat." (Macbeth, 2.2. 30

During Act two Macbeth only starts the wheel of madness in to motion. This is only the beginning of what is to come for him and his dark mind. If only he stopped to think about what he was going to do and not listen to the thoughts of other people. Duncan was also a dear friend of Macbeth and no one suspected that Macbeth did the dead. He was free of the crime, for the time being at least.

In this part of Act two he also shows he first sign of seeing and hearing things. "I thought I heard a voice cry, "Sleep no more! Macbeth has murdered sleep"-innocent sleep..." (2.2 34-36) This is only the beginning of the things he hears and sees that drive him insane. "Where is that knocking coming from? What is the matter with me that every noise terrifies me? Whose hands are these? Ha! They tear my eyes out!" (Macbeth 2.2 57-58) Macbeth is terrified at what he has done and is know seeing things, which scares him even more. He would have gone crazy and told everybody that he killed Duncan but Lady Macbeth talks to him and calms him down and tries to make him feel that what he has done was for the good.

The most important part that to the madness of Macbeth was after he killed Banquo and he saw the ghost of Banquo at the banquet. "You can't say I committed the murder. Don't shake your bloody hair at me." This is when Lennox asks Macbeth to sit down and Macbeth says there is no seats empty and then he sees that ghost. He is the only one to see the ghost of Banquo so every body thinks that he has gone ill so they decide to leave but are told

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