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Character Changes in Macbeth       Macbeth is the main character in William Shakespeares play Macbeth. Macbeth goes through drastic changes passim the play. He changes from good to evil. Many different things cause these changes.   In the beginning Macbeth was such a nice guy. That all changed when he met the three witches. When Macbeth first meets the witches they regularise two things that begin Macbeths trail of evil. All hail, Macbeth Hail to thee, Thane of Cowdor I iii 49, is the first thing that leads to the trail. The second is, All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter I iii 50. These two predictions told by the witches caused great ambition to happen within Macbeth. Lady Macbeth finds out about the predictions, and drives Macbeths ambition even harder. Lady Macbeth tries to get Macbeth to pour down King Duncan, because she wants Macbeth to be king. He thats coming/ must provided for and you shall put/ this nights great business into my dispatch/ which shall to all our nights and days to come/ give solely monarch sway and mastedom. I v 65-69, this is a quote from Lady Macbeth explaining to Macbeth that when King Duncan come to stay, they will kill him. After Macbeth killed Duncan he killed the Kings guards, so no mavin could question them. All this was just the beginning of a walk down an evil trail.   Later in the play Banquo starts to have a bad touch perception about Macbeth. Thou hast it now King, Cowdor, Glamis, all,/ as the weird women promised, and I fear/ thou playdst most foully for t. III i 1-3, this is a quote from Banquo explaining how he feels about Macbeths predictions coming true. Macbeth realizes this about Banquo and he starts to have feelings about killing Banquo. This isnt the only reason he feels this way, the witches had also made predictions for Banquo. Thou shall get kings, though thou be none. I iii 67, Macbeth doesnt want any of Banquos family to rule Scotland he wants h is own family to continue to rule. Macbeth hires two murderers to kill Banquo and his on Fleance. The murderers end up killing Banquo, but Fleance gets away.