The assertion that Macbeth is a villain in whom there is little to admire is extreme and does not reflect the whole truth. While, by the end of the play Macbeth is indeed a villain of the worst sort and while it would not have happened but for the choices he made, he is but a man and as a man he has weaknesses. Unfortunately the extraordinary circumstances caused those weaknesses to be amplified exponentially.

A villain can be defined as a wicked or evil person, or a dramatic or fictional character who is typically at odds with the hero. In the case of Macbeth, either definition may be appropriate, for Macbeth does become a wicked and evil person and by the end of the play is at odds with the hero, himself.

The witches played an important part in Macbeth’s fall from grace but interestingly, at first, the only supernatural thing they did was predicting that Macbeth would be Thane of Cawdor. This is because it would have been relatively common knowledge that he was Thane of Glam due to the death of his father and it was Macbeth’s actions that made him king. The witches simply poi

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