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Macbeth Macbeth is a man who is told his future by three witches. They foresee that he will become king, but that the sons of Macbeth’s companion, Banquo, will be his successors. Macbeth begins by being loyal, loving and trustworthy until his ambition changed him into a disloyal, unloving man who becomes paranoid. Macbeth is a loyal man in the beginning. He is loyal to his king, Duncan. Macbeth says to Duncan, “the service and loyalty I owe/In doing it, pays itself,” (1.4.22-23). A man, Ross, congratulated Macbeth on defeating Norway. Ross says, “Thy praises in his kingdom’s great defence,/And poured them down before him,” (1.3.99-100) Macbeth is proud to be a kinsman and believes that he is doing his duty as a general in the army when he protects Duncan’s love and honor. Macbeth is a loving man toward his spouse, Lady Macbeth. He thinks of Lady Macbeth when he is away. When he is gone, he writes to Lady Macbeth on the subject of what the three witches have believed of his future.
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