The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth

1. Who are the CHARACTERS in The Tragedy of Macbeth?

   • MACBETH
     • - Main character of The Tragedy of Macbeth - Captain in King Duncan's army, who later received the title of Thane of Cawdor for his achievement  - When Witches predicted he will be king, he takes his fate into his own hands 
     • Brave
       • Wounded sergeant bears testimony to his fight against Macdonwald "For brave - Macbeth - well he deserves that name -/ Disdaining Fortune, with his brandish'd steel,/ Which smoked with bloody execution,/ Like valour's minion carved out his passage/ Till he faced the slave/"
     • Kind
       • Wife knew well of this  "Yet I do fear thy nature/ It is too full o' the milk of human kindness/ To catch the nearest way" After he met the Three Witches, the evil in him assert themselves
     • Imaginative
       • Evident throughout the play. Was because of the Three Witches' prophecies  Sees a blood-stained dagger "Is this a dagger which I see before me/ The handle toward my hand?" Hears voices  "Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more!/ Macbeth does murder sleep.'" Sees the ghost of Banquo at the banquet 
     • Treacheous
     • Tyrant