Macbeth - View Changes

‘HOW DO MACBETHS VIEWS CHANGE THROUGHOUT: ACT 1, SCENE 7’ In this scene, Macbeth’s ideas on assassinating the King (also his friend) change greatly. MacBeth starts off greatly against the killing, but is converted by a possessed Lady MacBeth. At the start of the scene, MacBeth is discussing the killing with himself in a soliloquy. He is greatly against the killing at this point. He feels that despite the fact he really wants to kill the …

…change of views was Lady MacBeths persuasion techniques – It wasn’t just her that converted him though, as he already had the thoughts she brought up in the back of his mind. She just gave him a jump-start. He wanted to become King, as it was his ambition. He hadn’t been able to think about anything else after the three witches suggested it to him, so Lady MacBeths job wasn’t that bigger task.