Characters

• Duncan" he (cawdor) was a gentleman on whom I buil an absolute trust" (1:4)

  Good kingship, trusting, naïve
• The witches "fair is foul and foul is fair"


  Ambiguous, control over play,king James I's interest in supernatural
• Macbeth "so fair and foul a day I have not seen"(1:3)


  Tyrant, tragic hero, first words echo witches (control?)
• Lady macbeth (I may pour my spirits in thine ear)


  Ambitious, manipulative, guilt ridden, first words = prophecies through Macbeth's letter (control?)
• Banquo"what are these so wither'd and so wild in their attire"


  Cautious, emphasises Macbeth's extreme tyrannic behaviour
• Macduff" macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped"(5:8)


  Discovers Duncan's body, patriotic, distanced from Macbeth's perverted masculinity, honourable, antagonist to tyrant