As one dwell’s with an action or an idea that could be life changing, it often puts all aspects of character into perspective. In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Macbeth, there are many incidents where the characters are faced with a situation, through which the audience sees into the thoughts of the character through soliloquy. The play follows a brave heroic thane, Macbeth and his journey of the rising and falling actions of his becoming of King. Macbeth following receiving the witch’s prophecies with best friend Banquo, finds himself seeking a reality of the fateful words given to him. His wife Lady Macbeth also shares in the dream of those realities, that is, becoming Kind and Queen of Scotland. Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth into killing his own cousin, Duncan, the King of Scotland to make their dreams their forever reality. As Macbeth does not feel secure in his new title as King, he becomes more ambitious. He decides to follow through with the murder of his best friend and Macduff the Thane of Fife’s, wife and children. These actions lead to the downfall and slaying of Macbeth.
