complishing her goals. Evil had apparently won her over a long time ago.4Although her outer appearance maintains cold and monstrous throughout the play even when she goes insane at the end, she has a good side as do all humans. For starters Macbeth, an honorable man to begin with, had loved her so she had to be good to him.53 Edward Dowden, Shakespear: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art. (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1873; Reprinted By Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1965.) 324 Thomas M. Raysor, ED. Coleridg’e Shakespearean Criticism. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1930.) 695 Denis Calandra, Cliffs Notes on Shakespears’ Macbeth. (Lincoln: Cliffs Notes Inc., 1979.) 322Also her fear of blood she shows with her sleepwalking at the end of the play demonstrates her good nature. All of these things cause her remorse for what she has done.6Like Macbeth’s beginning, Banquo is courageous. He is regarded as Macbeth’s equal. Banquo begins as an equal to Macbeth; he represents what Macbeth could have been, his better half. Macbeth knows this and knows Banquo has heard the witch’s predictions. So to insure his thrown he must eliminate his good half, his best friend.7 One might think that it is not only Macbeth’s drive to be king that made him kill Banquo but also his jealous revenge against Banquo. Banquo had also heard the prediction but remained good and loyal to the king. Macbeth knew what he had given up, and Banquo was a constant reminder to his previous life of happiness.8Another point is the fact that Macbeth had Macduff’s wife and children killed.96 Denis Calandra, Cliffs Notes on Shakespears’ Macbeth. (Lincoln: Cliffs Notes Inc., 1979.) 327 Willard Fernham, The Medieval Heritage of Elizabethan Tragedy. (Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1936.) 248 Peter Alexander, Shakespear, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964) 439 Ibid 443Macbeth’s excuse was th...
