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Macbeth’s Transfiguration It is human nature for one to go through many changes in his/her life. The way life is supposed to work is, you do wrong, learn from it, and grow stronger because of it. However, one can infer that Macbeth has not gotten the memo. In William Shakespeare’s, “Macbeth,” the title role is a man who is very much persuaded by the world around him, especially his wife. However, Macbeth goes through many changes during the play that affect him and his decisions. Macbeth is a mindless coward who only becomes tactful when someone tells him to be. This is of course, until the end. Primarily, Macbeth comes back from fighting in a battle to find Lady Macbeth ecstatic about something. He realizes that the “something” is that he needs to kill Duncan in order to become king of Scotland, and after some very brief persuasion by Lady Macbeth, he finally mutters, “We will speak further” (48:68). Macbeth has already realized that he is going to be in hot water. One of the things he cannot resist is his wife, Lady Macbeth, who blatantly wears the pants in the relationship. Secondly, when Macbeth has second thoughts about killing Duncan, Lady Macbeth “consoles” him and speaks these golden words, “Screw your courage to the sticking-place” (55:60). Lady Macbeth is one of the most ruthless characters in all of Shakespeare’s works and she really shows her colors here.
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