My first impressions of MacBeth are positive. He is loyal to his king and he serves his country well. He is a fantastic warrior and he played a big part along with Banquo in helping the scottish army win against MacDonald and the norwegians. This is proven when the captain says, "But all's too weak for brave MacBeth.
" This obviously shows MacBeth as positive because he is presented by the captain as heroic, brave and strong. MacBeth continues to be a positive person and a good person for his country and king still. It is also shown that he still continues to be a good person when he even gets a compliment from the king himself.The king told MacBeth, "O Valiant cousin! Worthy Gentleman! " This quote clearly shows that MacBeth is respected, even by people of higher authority and MacBeth himself is in a high position in the army by being a Sergeant.
At Scene Two, MacBeth has earned a new title which he was given but not told. "The Thane of Cawdor. " This is where MacBeth begins to get corrupted and exploited by evil. MacBeth gets exploited by the 3 witches because he was easily influenced by the fact of being told there is a chance he could become king.
He is influenced because the witches tell him his current title, This intrigues MacBeth as to how the witches even knew this information, he would continue to listen and he would hear his new title which he doesn't know of yet and then he is told he would become king. Macbeth would not of actually been thinking about becoming king until he has realised the 2nd prophecy has come true. When MacBeth realises that the second prophecy is true you can clrealy see the seeds of evil which have been planted in him. This is shown when MacBeth talks using the witches language by saying,"So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
This shows that MacBeth has been taken in by the witches and that MacBeth is influenced by the witches as well, MacBeth has taken in on what they have said and he has accepted the fact that he could become king. MacBeth is also an ambitious man, he says a few things that shows he could be ambitious, but one of the thing he says was, "I'd jump the life to come. " MacBeth wants this opportunity so much that he is willing to become king in his short life rather than have a lifetime of eternal happiness which would last forever. MacBeth also knows he is evil himself and is not in denial, he is not what he used to be.It is show he knows he is evil when he says, "Stars hide your fires, let light not see my black deep desires.
" This Shows that Macbeth is trying to hide in the darkness. this is literal and metaphoric. He doesn't want his emotions to show. The stars will only illuminate what he feels and he doesn't want his "black and deep desires" to be known or his "desires" will be known. He is intrigued by the witches predictions, he wants to be king. He is excited by the prediction yet he must not let it show,especially to Banquo who is such a moral and upright man.
