The character of Macbeth ShakespeareThe character of Macbeth is not easy to understand. At the beginning of the play Macbeth is praised by many people as a hero after defeating the Norse. The captain says, “Bold Macbeth.” When Duncan hears the news he adds: "o brave cousin" and "Noble Macbeth". However Macbeth is becoming attached to things that are not good. The three strange sisters said they would meet him. When the three strange sisters meet with Macbeth and Banquo: "Hail to you, Macbeth! Hail to you, Lord of Glamis!", "Hail to you, Macbeth! Hail to you, Lord of Cawdor!", "Hail to you, , Macbeth! Hail to you who will be king here after. "Macbeth knows he is the Thane of Glamis but how can he be the Thane of Cawdor, the Thane of Cawdor lives a prosperous life and becoming king is simply unthinkable. This makes Macbeth think about what they mean. At the beginning of the play the audience hails Macbeth as a hero but when he begins to think about killing the king the audience feels that he is not so heroic after all and begins to dislike him. .We learn from Lady Macbeth, the person who knows him best, that he is too kind to ever kill anyone, especially the current king: "he is too full of the milk of human kindness," says Lady Macbeth. He then hatches a plan to kill Duncan while he is with them. Duncan has arrived and is having dinner. Macbeth leaves and decides not to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth accuses him of being less than a man for not killing her. Macbeth is not a born murderer, Lady Macbeth must convince him to kill the king; he is initially reluctant to do such an act: “We will proceed no further in this matter:” Macbeth says this because he thinks he could become king without killing the current king, it could just be fate. But Lady Macbeth begins to persuade him and soon a chink forms in Macbeth's armor. Macbeth says, “If we should fail,” which shows us that Macbeth has changed his mind once again, this shows us that he is very reluctant to kill Duncan. Once Duncan has fallen asleep and Macbeth is alone, he sees a dagger in front of him..