How Does Macbeth Change Throughout The Play

In the book “Macbeth”, written by William Shakespeare, the protagonist Macbeth changes dramatically throughout the book. The author did this to intensify the fact that our actions are heavily affected by others. In the beginning of the story Macbeth is a respected general, a loved husband, and a loyal subject of the king. During the story, Macbeth gets a prophecy from the witches that he can be the King of Scotland and consequently forms an ambition to seek out his destiny. Macbeth told Lady Macbeth about this who further on went to tell him to do whatever he needs to do to seize the crown and become the king of Scotland. Macbeth eventually murders King Duncan and takes the sought upon role. Macbeth’s desire to have more power made him commit an inhumane crime. His guilt and fear of getting caught forces him to commit more inhumane crimes to cover up what he's done, but contrary to his thoughts, makes the situation worse. Shakespeare shows us that greed can force us to do things which we would not normally do to teach us a lesson about our society.

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Macbeth starts off as a good husband, brave warrior and a loyal subject of the king. After Macbeth kills Duncan he feels remorse and paranoia, but as time goes on he becomes more ruthless and insane. What the author seeks to tell us was that all choices in life will have consequences no matter how well you cover them up. By Macbeth murdering Duncan he reaped internal consequences such as insomnia and paranoia. He never received our modern day jail sentences but paid for his actions nevertheless. These consequences are shown in the text through the change of Macbeth’s thoughts, from normal to breaching insane. In the end Macbeth is murdered by Macduff which potentially may be the consequence that fixes his other internal consequences. In reality some never get the opportunity of escaping insomnia so in some ways Macbeth is