Trace the changes that we see in Macbeth from the opening scenes when he is presented to us as "brave Macbeth", the hero, to the "tyrant" Macbeth we s

The view of Macbeth changes greatly throughout the play, in the beginning being seen as valiant hero, and towards the end as a tyrannical villain. Before the witches planted the seed of greatness in his head, Macbeth was a great man never someone that others would expect to do something as disastrous as murder the king. It is obvious by Macbeth's language and in some way his actions, that as soon as the murderous thought came into his head, he was a changed man. The Macbeth that everybody once knew became unrecognisable, as the killings snowballed out of control, and any sense of morality had left him. Macbeth was ruling Scotland with an iron fist, when Macduff refused to show up at his banquet, he admitted that he "[kept] a servant feed."(3.4.132) In act 3 scene 6, Lennox is noticing how ruthless Macbeth actually is, to kill the king and his best friend, "gracious Duncan was pitied of Macbeth, marry he is dead...the right-valiant Banquo walked too late."(3.6.3-5) Macbeth quickly changes from what seems like the hero of the story to the villain, and he is very obvious about this transition.