So Macbeth is probably doing this to kill Fleance as well. Banquo is not standing in his way, as he is already king but, вЂour fears in Banquo stick deepвЂ™, even though the witches have said that he shall never be king. The murder of Banquo is different from the others in that it is not really serving any purpose. вЂIn the catalogue, ye go for menвЂ™ we see here that Macbeth has become more ruthless in his dealings, the more people he kills, the less it worries him. We also see him use the same tactic on them that Lady Macbeth employed on him. But now he gets people in to do it for him. This is interesting because before now, Macbeth has killed everyone himself.

In act 3, Macbeth calls in Murderers to kill Banquo. Lady Macbeth then faints to divert attention away from Macbeth before he gives the game up. When he speaks of Duncan he uses elaborate wording, and goes into huge speeches, which are so poetic, they could not have been made up on the spot. He murders DuncanвЂ™s guards almost as if it were to make himself feel better about the crime he had just committed. Once the Thanes have discovered Duncan body, we see Macbeth panicking. Here we feel slightly sorry for Macbeth because he did not want to carry out the murder, but was pushed into it. This shows us that Macbeth repents what he has done and wishes he could bring Duncan back to life. вЂIll go no more, I am afraid to think what I have doneвЂ™ this is very interesting, because he is totally refusing to do what she tells him, and at the end he says вЂwake Duncan with your knocking, I would thou couldstвЂ™. But his ambition, and pressure from his wife makes him go through with it.ДЄfter the murder is done, we see Macbeth confront his wife, and she tells him to wipe the blood on to the guards so that they will be blamed for the murder, but Macbeth will not go back. We can see from this that he sees this as an evil deed, and doesnвЂ™t really want to go through with it. When he moves into kill Duncan, Macbeths thinks of evil images such as Hecate, Tarquin, a dagger, wolves, witches and вЂgouts of bloodвЂ™. This shows us he knows he is doing wrong. When Banquo says that he has dreamt of the witches, Macbeth lies вЂI think of them notвЂ™ telling us that he feels he has to lie to his best friend. He has gone from brave and noble to weak and indecisive.ДЄct 2 sees Macbeth make his move to murder Duncan, and he encounters Banquo on the way. This is the first major change in his personality that we see. It is here that we see the Macbeth is not quite how he is first portrayed, he is under the control of his wife, and she knows she can get him to do anything she wants by insulting his manhood. вЂWhen you durst do it, then you were a manвЂ™ she says, and then says that had she promised to, she would вЂdash the brains outвЂ™ of her baby if he had so asked. He decides he cannot go through with it, until Lady Macbeth arrives and accuses him of cowardice. He would rather become king, and live an easy life on earth while knowing he will suffer in hell, than do the right thing and go to heaven. But none of this stops Macbeth, for his вЂvaulting ambitionвЂ™ is too important now. We also see that he well knows the cost of the deed, вЂthe deep damnation of his taking offвЂ™. We see that he knows it is wrong, вЂI am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deedвЂ™. We see him use words like вЂassassinationвЂ™ instead of murder, because he is trying to convince himself that this is for the good of everyone, and not simply for his own ambition. Moving onto scene 7, we see Macbeth struggle with his conscience about the murder, and give thought to the implications of the assassination. вЂDo not let light see my black and deep desiresвЂ™ this shows us he knows what he wants, but doesnвЂ™t want to do what he has to do in order to get it. Later in that same scene, we see the first glimpse of MacbethвЂ™s deep desire to see the prophecy fulfilled. We will see a similar theme occur in the rest of the story. Duncan says that he thought he could trust him, and that you cannot judge a man on his outwards appearance, as the thane of Cawdor redeemed himself at his death. In scene 4, we see a hint at the ending of the play, were Duncan and Malcolm discusses the thane of Cawdor. So, at the start of the play we are introduced to a brave nobleman. We are also shown what the thanes think of Macbeth at the beginning, when Duncan calls him вЂnoble MacbethвЂ™. This is useful to us, because it shows us what the ordinary soldier thinks of Macbeths.

The Captain who had fought in the battle for Chowder describes Macbeths as brave, several times referring to his bravery as вЂvalourвЂ™s minionвЂ™, the lion or the Eagle to the enemies hare or sparrow. At the start of the play, we see Shakespeare introduce MacbethвЂ™s character (act1 scene2).

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