In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a good and noble man. He essentially, however, becomes a weak man who is manipulated by the witches and his wife, Lady Macbeth, to perform evil deeds. The play, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, is not a straightforward story of an evil man committing evil acts. Instead it is a story of a weak, impressionable man who is blinded by his ambition and in turn is lead by …showed first 75 words of 727 total…

…showed last 75 words of 727 total…of Macbeth is his development into a tyrant and his destruction because of outside temptation and his vulnerability. What is frightening about Macbeth is the fact that an essentially good man can be corrupted by people he trusts. His weakness of not being able to make his own decisions, causes him to fall victim to the powerful deceit of the witches and Lady Macbeth. If this can happen to Macbeth, it can happen to anyone.