Character Analysis of "Macbeth."

Macbeth is first presented as a mature man of definitely established character, successful in certain fields of activity, and enjoying an enviable reputation. One must not conclude that all Macbeth's actions are predictable. Macbeth's character is made out of potentialities and the environment, and no one, not even Macbeth, can know all of his inordinate self-love. Macbeth is determined by a desire for temporal and mutable good. Macbeth is driven in his conduct by an …

…point that at the end of the play he is more understanding of the world and of his own spirituality than at the beginning of the play. Macbeth is bound to his humanity, that reason of order that determines his relationship with natural law, and that compels him toward proper actions and his own end. This natural law provides him with a will capable of free choice, and obliges his discernment of good and evil.