The Change in Macbeth from Scene 2-Scene 4

The change in Macbeth

From the time that Macbeth was first introduced in the battlefield his thought process have changed very drastically throughout the first act of the play up to the point of considering murder at the end of scene 4. In scene he was portrayed by words from a captain injured in battle. He is shown as the model knight showing acts of bravery and nobility. The captain seemed to be in awe of him so much he described Macbeth of "disdaining fortune". In the scene 3 the first line that is spoken in that scene is spoken by Macbeth and is is a quote from the first scene of the play where the witches were first introduced. This would spring to life alarm to the Shakespearian audience. Showing the witches in the first scene was bold enough by Shakespeare as the witches would have extremely frightened the audience so when they hear Macbeth repeating lines of a witches chant they would start to fear Macbeth greatly. Suddenly his "unseaming from naive to chops" doesn't seem brave and noble but possibly ruthless and evil. After the witches vanish there is a clear change in Macbeth that is very visible immediately. After the first step of the prophecy is completed and he's named as thane of Cawdor the change grows in Macbeth and where as before where he "disdains fortune" and questions Ross and Angus "why do you dress me in borrowed robes" now he's saying to Banquo "don't you wish for your sons to be kings". It's almost if the witches had planted a seed of evil inside of Macbeth and the evil is stating to bloom as by the end of scene 4 he's is starting admit that he will murder the king as he says "stars hide my fires" asking the stars to hide his evil thoughts from people who could read it in the stars.