William Shakespeare's Macbeth

William Shakespeare's Macbeth To a certain extent this statement can be considered to be true,

however Lady Macbeth and Macbeth were not always as underhanded as the

audience took them to be. Both characters seem to change in attitudes

throughout the play. Macbeth is a "noble" and "brave" warrior at the

beginning, whom is very much favoured by the "gracious Duncan",

whereas Lady Macbeth is introduced with a character full of ambition

for her husband, and qualities of a loyal wife.

"Worthy gentle man", is the description of Macbeth that the King

stresses during the period where Macbeth was a loyal kinsman and

subject of Scotland. There is enough evidence from the first act in

the play to suffice the statement which declares Macbeth and the King

are not seen as friends but rather like "valiant cousins" of the same

blood - this can only be achieved by immense trust and faith in one

another. It is, however, Macbeth who is partially responsible for the

death of King Duncan, the other blame of this tragic sacrifice is

indirectly pointed towards Lady Macbeth. Macbeth was driven mad by the

greed and evil inside of him that took the form of an "air drawn

dagger", which he used to assassinate King Duncan. Lady Macbeth is

disgraced at her husband during beginning of the play as she assumed

him to be a "noble" warrior not a coward. "Yet I do fear thy nature,

It is too full o' the milk of human kindness". Lady Macbeth is

actually implying that she doesn't approve of his kind personality,

and test his masculinity by a...

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murdered Macduffs family he will not kill Macduff himself. He later

acknowledges his flaw in misinterpreting the witches prophecies and,

as a good soldier, refuses to surrender and faces death like a man -

the man that his wife wanted him to be.

Overall, I think that Macbeth did not deserve this line because fate

had told him that these string of incidents would occur. It was

partially his fault as he knew what would happen, but failed to

prevent it from happening, and he not killed Duncan, he may have been

king by a lawful way. Lady Macbeth did deserve the evil title as she

was the one who called upon it, and could not control what she

desired. She called upon the spirits and she influenced her own

husband to sink as low as her, although in the end she may have

learned to be careful what you wish for.