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MacBeth


Here he is described as a leader, loyal to the king and brave. .
             This shows that before meeting the witches Macbeth was a good honest man and therefore all his actions form here forth were the influence of the witches" evil. .
             The audience would have first seen Macbeth in scene three as here he and Banquo enter the heath where the witches are. Macbeth is soon told of the three prophecies but at the time is still his loyal self and denies even the possibility that they could come true. He seems bewildered to think that he could become king and says that there is already a king. The thought that he would have to kill him had not even entered his head and the evil had no effect on him until he hears that he is Thane of Cawdor and the first prophecy had come true. Macbeth starts to think that if one came true then the others could to. However he tries to deny this and calls the thoughts .
             "horrid image" ,"horrible imaginings". .
             This shows that there is still a good side to Macbeth although the witchcraft is beginning to take over. The audience would have been able to see that Macbeth is getting slightly more evil by the second and so it should come to no surprise to them that by the end of the play there is not an innocent bone in his body. .
             The next scene shows Macbeth attending a formal occasion at Duncan's castle. Here he finds out that Malcolm is heir to the throne and he immediately begins to plan on killing him and this is an unsubtle clue to the audience that Macbeth is becoming more sinister and Malcolm will be killed soon in the future. .
             Lady Macbeth is seen for the first time in scene five. She is found reading a letter from her husband telling her of the prophecies and the awful thoughts he has been having. Being a woman the viewers would have expected her to try and dissuade Macbeth from any plans he may have had. However Lady Macbeth say that Macbeth is .
             "too full o'th" milk of human kindness".


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