Macbeth's changing character
..., once Macbeth feels nervous and unhappy with his actions we know he is still yet filled with innocents and regret but his drive takes over. The fact that Macbeth had a major success in the battle in Act 1 scene 2, this would intensify his ambition even more so. The more that Macbeth gains knowledge about becoming king he builds high standers on top of his character and the more he does, his drive for power and success gets him in a lot of trouble. Once Macbeth meets with the witches we can see that he is very superstitious. The three witches whom prophesize to Macbeth that he will become Thane of Cawdor first inflame his essential greed. Macbeth immediately begins to long for greater power. He realizes that in order to seize the throne from the king, he will have to murder him. Being a kind man, he is horrified at his own thoughts and decides murder is beyond his character. He decides to let fate take its course, and if he is meant to be king, it will happen. Once he builds enough courage to kill Duncan. Macbeth is somewhat fearless with the other murders he commits. He becomes cruel and treacherous. The voice of conscience is no longer a part of him. Macbeth no longer hesitates when carrying through with an evil deed. “The very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand”(Act 4 Scene 2, 145). After all the deaths take place we see that Macbeth is very paranoid with respect to losing power. The reason he starts to kill all these people is based on suspicion, distrust and jealousy. For example, he kills Duncan because he is jealous of his power, he kills Banquo because he does not trust him and he thinks he is suspicious. He kills Ma...