The Character Sketch of Macbeth
The character sketch of Macbeth
Macbeth is a very complex character. He has so many character traits. The most noticeable characteristic is that Macbeth is a very ambitious person. He also is a coward person as he always depends on others to make decisions. And one thing very important is that Macbeth is a incompatible person. The good and evil both exist in his characteristic.
He is a incompatible person. From the beginning we can see it. At the Act 1, scene3, Macbeth said “so foul and fair a day I have not seen.” This is the summarization of Macbeth, “foul” and “fair” just like the good and exist in his characteristic. Because his incompatible characteristic, he become an arrogant king form a brave and loyal men.
He is a very ambitious person. The all play is talk about Macbeth is pulled into the abyss of criminal by his ambition. According to the Act 1, scene 3, the switches tell Macbeth the prophecy that he will be the thane of Cawdor, and then become King. Afterwards the king gives him the title of the thane of Cawdor, but the title of thane can’t satisfy his ambition, he must become the king. His ambition makes him murder Duncan in Act 2 and get the crown, but the ambition also causes his tragic life. Lady Macbeth exposes his ambition at Act 1, scene 5, “thou wouldst be great, art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly, that wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, and yet wouldst wrongly win.” It shows the reason for murder the king is his ambitious, the prophecy just an incentive.
He is a coward person. Macbeth always needs the encouragement from Lady Macbeth to start his plan. He has the ambition, but he doesn’t have the courage. He likes a lion with the heart of rabbit, he is the king of forest, but he scares to prove it. The Lady Macbeth’s talking can prove it. “yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the
Macbeth is a very complex character. He has so many character traits. The most noticeable characteristic is that Macbeth is a very ambitious person. He also is a coward person as he always depends on others to make decisions. And one thing very important is that Macbeth is a incompatible person. The good and evil both exist in his characteristic.
He is a incompatible person. From the beginning we can see it. At the Act 1, scene3, Macbeth said “so foul and fair a day I have not seen.” This is the summarization of Macbeth, “foul” and “fair” just like the good and exist in his characteristic. Because his incompatible characteristic, he become an arrogant king form a brave and loyal men.
He is a very ambitious person. The all play is talk about Macbeth is pulled into the abyss of criminal by his ambition. According to the Act 1, scene 3, the switches tell Macbeth the prophecy that he will be the thane of Cawdor, and then become King. Afterwards the king gives him the title of the thane of Cawdor, but the title of thane can’t satisfy his ambition, he must become the king. His ambition makes him murder Duncan in Act 2 and get the crown, but the ambition also causes his tragic life. Lady Macbeth exposes his ambition at Act 1, scene 5, “thou wouldst be great, art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly, that wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, and yet wouldst wrongly win.” It shows the reason for murder the king is his ambitious, the prophecy just an incentive.
He is a coward person. Macbeth always needs the encouragement from Lady Macbeth to start his plan. He has the ambition, but he doesn’t have the courage. He likes a lion with the heart of rabbit, he is the king of forest, but he scares to prove it. The Lady Macbeth’s talking can prove it. “yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the