Shakespeares Macbeth - The Transformation of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

The Transformation of Macbeth and masterwoman Macbeth In the take on Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the charactersMacbeth and Lady Macbeth decide, in a great decease of ambition, to kill King Duncan. Later in the play we see the a corresponding two characters undergo a transformation in their personalities after murdering the King. Macbeth begins the play as a noble soldier and gradually changes into an ambitious and murdering tyrant. Lady Macbeth begins as a strong, ambitious woman who dominates her husband and gradually changes into a weak and guilt-ridden woman. This essay will explore the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth before and after the murder of King Duncan. Macbeth begins the play as a noble and trustworthy soldier, with a placid and honest personality. Unfortunately he is told ternary prophecies by three witches and it is these prophecies that gradually change Macbeth into a greedy, untrustworthy, ambitious tyrant. Similarly, like Macbeth, Lady Macbeth i s also overruled by her ambitious nature and not hardly encourages her husband to kill the king, provided plans it herself. Lady Macbeth begins as an ambitious, overpowering and arrogant woman, particularly towards her husband. Though as time passes we see Macbeth become haughty and unbearably ambitious, while Lady Macbeth becomes the lesser of the two and her guilt becomes in any case much to bear, hence leading her to death. Macbeth is obviously gullible as he believes the witches after a while and relies on their prophecies constantly. This changes not only his life, but also Lady Macbeths life and the lives of those living in Scotland at the time. except Macbeth and Lady Macbeth believe that the witches are good luck, this proving to be quite the opposite. ... ...on Shakespeare s Tragedies . A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature. capital of the United Kingdom AMS Press, Inc., 1965. Shakespeare, William. disaster of Macbeth . Ed. Barbara Mowat and Paul War stine. New York Washington Press, 1992. Steevens, George. Shakespeare, The Critical Heritage. Vol. 6. London Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. T.W. Shakespeare, the Critical Heritage. Vol. 5. London Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Wills, Gary. Witches & Jesuits. Oxford Oxford University Press, 1995. Epstein, Norrie, The Friendly Shakepeare, New York, Viking Publishing, 1993. Harbage, Alfred, Macbeth, Middlesex England, Penguin Publishing, 1956. Magill, Masterplots- Volume 6, New Jersey, Salem Press, 1949. Staunten, Howard, The Complet Illustrated Shakespeare, New York, putting surface Lane Publishing, 1979.