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Plot summary . While returning from a battle victory, Macbeth, a powerful lord, meets three Witches who predict that he will become King of Scotland. Macbeth tells his wife of the Witches' predictions and she encourages him to murder the current king, Duncan, who is staying with them as a guest.
KEY DEBATES. – Is Macbeth purely evil or is he led astray by evil influences around him? – Without Lady Macbeth, would Macbeth have sufered the same fate? – Though Macbeth gains temporary power, goodness is restored to the throne through Malcolm at the end, who follows in his father King Duncan’s footsteps.
As an integral part of this thematic web is the play's most memorable character, Lady Macbeth. Like her husband, Lady Macbeth's ambition for power leads her into an unnatural, phantasmagoric realm of witchcraft, insomnia and madness.
Macbeth is the eponymous character of this Shakespearean tragedy. He is a tragic hero , meaning he starts out in a position of glory and success, but falls from grace due to an error in judgement of his own making. Every tragic hero has a fatal flaw, or hamartia : Macbeth’s is his unchecked ambition .
Macbeth’s character is significant in terms of philosophy, religion, and morality. His personality is defined by both his ambition and his guilt. On the one hand he is fixated on the future he desires. On the other, he is constantly looking over his shoulder, haunted by his crimes.
Macbeth is uneasy about Banquo, and the witches’ prophecy which predicts he will father a line of kings. He hires two men to kill Banquo and his young son, Fleance. The assassins succeed in killing Banquo, but Fleance escapes. At a royal banquet afterwards, Banquo’s ghost enters and sits in Macbeth’s place. Macbeth flies into a
Plot analysis… Initial Situation In the beginning we meet (or hear about) our characters: King Duncan is a nice old man who was going to be taken advantage of by traitors; Macbeth is a courageous war hero who defends his king, his country, and his honor. Sweet! Time for a heroic action flick, right? Conflict Enter Three Witches Not so much.
