Character Analysis of Macbeth : the transparent character.

Character Analysis of Macbeth : the transparent character.
Excluding the characters of Macbeth, the main character, and his
Wife, Lady Macbeth, the other characters appearing in the play are almost represented as flat characters. The readers understand them like simple characters that are just trivial parts aimed at helping the main plot flow. Thus this report will mention only about Macbeth, the character we completely see through from the beginning of the play.
Shakespeare characterizes Macbeth with great subtle idea yet it is easy to understand this character. He intents to allow his audiences to see through the character's mind from the start of the play in order to let us know Macbeth well. His hidden ambition is obviously shown through his conversation with people and his soliloquy. He never stops his ambition and if there is any obstacle lying in front of him, he only feels like putting it out of his way. The readers can prove the characterization of Macbeth from the first scene he appears in the play. When a witch greets him as "king hereafter", Macbeth startles and "seem to fear/ Thing that do sound so fair". This gives us a notice that Macbeth must have this kind of idea and had planned about this before. Again, aft

The readers are in Macbeth’s sufferance from the start. This makes us sympathize him though his acts are not acceptable and should be condemned.

In sum, he is corrupted evil in the form of the witches and their supernatural evocations on the one hand, and by ambition, not so much his own at first but Lady Macbeth’s ambition for him, on the other. Her strength motivates his action; once begun, however, he realizes there is no way to get back, and he is also forced to continue his bloody task. In fact, he is easily influenced by the witches’ prophesies.

When Macbeth quickly comes back to see Lady Macbeth for "the preparation", The readers totally know that he has not decided if he will murder Duncan. Before the king's coming, Lady Macbeth is so pleased with "the very good timing" that everything is perfectly appropriate. Then Macbeth thinks twice about what is right or wrong and this let us know his thought; being the king's relative, subject and host, he should protect him. Finally, he said " I have no spur/ to prick the side of my intent, but only/ vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself/ and fall on the other-"

Macbeth is stimulated to be more masculine by the insult from Lady Macbeth. Furthermore, the cruel murder has been well planned before, also the scapegoat, he then decides to continue his killing mission. Ironically, he also mocks his own hypocrisy bitterly " Away, and mock the t