Macbeth Characterization

Macbeth Characterization Macbeth Characterization In William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, the main character is a killer. Thorough the course of the play, he kills five different people or groups of people, one in each act.There are characters are Macdonwald, Duncan, Banquo, Macduff's family, and Young Siward. These five killings are all different. In the beginning, Macbeth kills for his king.He then suffers a fall from grace before finally becoming a noble figure again in the end.But what was interesting was the way in which Shakespeare shows the changes in Macbeth's character. Shakespeare uses the killings as a sort of "barometer" to illustrate those changes.Before the play begins, Mabeth's Scotland and Norway fight a war. In the war Macbeth is the hero and was admired for his courage and his strength. The killing that the captain describes about the war depicted Macbeth's characterized view and a heroic killer. The Captain admires him for his remarkable bravery.Macbeth and Banquo Meeting the Three Witches by Jo...