Macbeth's Bad Characteristics

Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth has many admirable and despicable characteristics. But the ones I am going to focus on being his bad characteristics.

Shakespeare did a great job of portraying Macbeth’s bad side. There was a major scene from act II, when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stood outside King Duncan’s sleeping quarters. Earlier on in scene I, three witches prophecy to Macbeth that he will be a king one day; this leads to his major downfall in his first malicious trait, ambition.

In the playwright, the two are standing outside the door and Macbeth debates killing the king so he can take his title. But before I discuss what happens next, I will discuss his second despicable trait that led him to the King’s door: envy the primary sin.

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the play, leading up to Duncan’s death, Macbeth was envious of his position and was even willing to kill for it. Speaking of killing, Macbeth’s third chilling attribute is how volatile he is. I say this because even the thought of murder is considered volatile in my book. Macbeth was very angry in the text because he couldn’t properly do what needed to be done without thinking about something evil.
As I spoke of earlier, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were standing outside of the door. Next, Macbeth admits that he can’t go forward in killing the king because he himself is human and has the emotion of guilt and compassion. At once, Lady Macbeth walks in the room and kills Duncan herself. But wait, We’re missing something.
In the entire text Macbeth is basing this belief that he would be king on what exactly; the three witches. The witches convinced Macbeth that he would become king and through that, he considered murder as a vessel for his uprising. So Macbeth isn’t only an envious bloke, but he is gullible too.
In short, Macbeth was a tragedy play written by William Shakespeare with a main character that is ruthlessly ambitious, gullible, volatile, and envious.