About the rise and fall of a great man. Macbeth isn’t theatrical; he doesn’t establish a relationship with the audience. Macbeth starts with a nice wife, castle, etc. He ends by being despised and alone. Macbeth is the only one doing something because he wants to, he makes the choice. He isn’t manipulated or coerced into something that he doesn’t want to do. It’s his own entire fault, he destroyed himself. Macbeth was always changing his mind, when it came to the murder of Duncan. On one hand he knows the immorality of his choices and the consequences, on the other he has the choice of being king. Macbeth as always tempted by the witches and took what they said for truth. While Banquo was always skeptical and resisted what the witches said.
The function of Lady Macbeth in the beginning was to keep Macbeth on the thought of becoming king, telling him to act on his desires. She did convince him to kill Duncan, however Macbeth still chose himself to do that. Lady Macbeth never threatened him. Lady Macbeth eventually feels the guilt and anguish of knowing about the murders, and goes mad. Macbeth could really care less. In the beginning he felt the guilt and dread of knowing he killed Duncan, but he eventually gets over it and becomes ruthless.
When Macbeth becomes king he embraces it. He is also overwhelmed with fear that he couldn’t deal with himself. He becomes ruthless and plans many other murders in order to, in his mind, protect the throne.
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