becomes morally corrupt

becomes morally corrupt

1. initially moral

   • "too full of the milk of human kindness"
   • murder distrubing
     • "horrid image"
     • "shakes so my single state of man

2. flawed nature

   • "why do I yield to that suggestion"

3. decides to murder

   • "I am setting.......feat"

4. Banquo's murder

   • "leave no scrubs nor botches.......work"
   • soul, cynically dismissed
     • "if it find heaven........tonight"

5. callous

   • "thou art the best of the cuts throat"

6. commits himself further to evil

   • after banquet (Macduff's absence)
     • "we are yet but young indeed"
   • 2nd visit to the witches
     • "from this moment the very firstlings......."

7. language reflects debasement

   • "scotched the snake"
   • "grown serpent"
   • "worm that's fled"

8. distorted values

   • to kill Banquo, he wants to destroy bond of nature
     • "cancel and tear to pieces...."
   • except for Fleance's escape
     • "I had else been perfect"

9. dehumanised

   • Lady Macbeth's death
     • "I have almost forgot the taste of fear"