Part 1 of Essay
Towards the end of the play, Macbeth reveals himself as a ruthless beast who values his position of King more than anything. But it is hard to imagine that in the beginning Macbeth was manipulated to aim for his throne. This meek and faithful character was persuaded to kill the King and later he became a lunatic and strive ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... Macbeth wins largely by appealing to Macbeth's valour. This proves that Macbeth was greatly influenced by his wife and that she toyed him around using his only weakness- his vaulting ambition. As Schucking talks about Shakespeare's tragic heroes: He creates a hero such as Macbeth, who is a moral coward and for a while a henpecked husband, who in critical moments is rebuked like a schoolboy by his wife and who, on the other hand, proves himself a lion on the battle field. (p.95, The character of the ....