Choose a major character from Macbeth and show how that character changes and develops through events in the play. In Shakespeare's play Macbeth we see the main character, Macbeth changes from a well-regarded and loyal soldier of the Scottish king to a murderous tyrant. At the start of the play Macbeth is courageous, ambitious, superstitious and devoted to his wife. These characteristics are shown through the victory against the rebels, Macbeth's trust in the witches …showed first 75 words of 829 total…

…showed last 75 words of 829 total…sleep "that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care". His punishment is as great as his crimes. At the end Macbeth does not run away or kill himself. Although Macbeth knows that he is doomed, he fights Macduff to the end, showing he is still courageous and physically brave. Once the saviour of his country, a "valiant cousin!" a "worthy gentleman," Macbeth became the "dead butcher", allowing ambition to overcome the natural order of life.