t in the play is in the Banquet scene where when he sees the ghost Macbeth realises that there is no turning back. “I am in blood. Stepp’d in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er.” In Act 5 we see Macbeth riding into battle still clinging to the witches’ assurances that he cannot be beaten. When he realises that he has been tricked and when his wife dies he begins to despair. Disillusioned and friendless hid pride will not let him surrender so he fights fearlessly to the bitter end.In this play we see the tragic hero go from loyal servant to becoming a devious murderer no longer with the conscience he shows before killing Duncan. Macbeth’s belief in the supernatural, the ease which he is lead and his ambition are his main enemies all leading to a short period of success but ultimately to despair. We also see Macbeth go from brave warrior to coward and back to brave warrior in Act 7 the only one of his qualities to return by his death. ...
