Thursday, March 5, 2009
Characterization
By the end if act III, Macbeth has undergone a dramatic transformation in character. He has progressed from a proper nobleman, too full of the "milk of human kindness" to inflict injury without cause, to a brutal murderer, and then again to someone haunted by the horror of what he has done. After the murder of Banquo, Macbeth is concerned not only by the blood on his hands, but because he knows that blood will always beget blood. Because of this worry, he sets out to see the Weird Sisters again, in order to find out what the future holds for him. Macbeth still feels that he must try to con fate, and avoid a death this is clear to him. He fails to see that he has already let arrogance lead him on this same path, and it only resulted in the death of his friend, and brought no sign he had thwarted Banquos prediction.
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I agree 100% with Macbeths character transformation throughout the play. Macbeth knows that once he has killed and shed others blood, he cant turn back. His blood will be shed, he's not doing a very good job at trying to change his fate because he went back to the sisters again to check in with his date with fate. i think his impulsiveness and weakness to significant others being power hungry lead him to his death rather than arrogance. He had some idea that killing Duncan was wrong, after it haunts him and drives him insane.
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