Theme Of Betrayal In Macbeth

Macbeth, a story of tragic events, murder, betrayal, and some more betrayal. Throughout the play many things such as events and the behavior of others have affected many characters, in this case Macbeth's betrayals have affected him as well as many others causing him to change drastically. The betrayals of Duncan the king of Scotland, Banquo his best friend, and Lady Macbeth his wife have changed Macbeth from a brave, loyal, trustworthy man into a guilty, ruthless, crue,l and, bloodthirsty king. In the beginning of the play we see the full extent of Macbeth’s loyalty to his king when he is happily fighting to protect his country and the king. He even goes as far as to slicing the head of a traitor off, which at that time was considered
Macbeth fears Banquo and the idea that, the witches have said that he will create a line of kings. Macbeth felt that he has killed Duncan not for himself but for the benefit of Banquo's sons. (3.1.52-77) Rather than kill Banquo himself Macbeth lies to murderers saying that Banquo is the cause of their problems and that he must be killed. Macbeth prepares himself for Banquo's murder by saying the following, “Come, seeling night, scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day and with thy bloody and invisible hand cancel and tear to pieces that great bond which keeps me pale.”(3.3.52-56) Here Macbeth is simply waiting for the night to come so that his crimes are hidden. He is also asking for the bond between Banquo and himself to be broken so that he will not feel guilt for what he is about to do. Like the lines said before Duncan's murder these were said before Banquo's murder and signify the betrayal. Before the betrayal of Banquo we didn't see Macbeth as ruthless as he is shown during and after it but, at this point Macbeth is not just ruthless or guilty he is also bloodthirsty not even his strong bond with his best friend ended his greed for