macbeth

• manipulated husband


  points to macbeth’s suspectibility to lady macbeth’s influence and persuasion, leading him to commit regicide
• conflicted warrior


  underlines macbeth’s initial bravery and loyalty as a soldier, which contrasts sharply with his later actions
• ambitious usurper (a person who takes a position of power or importance illegally or by force)


  reflects macbeth’s overwhelming desire for power that drives him to seize the throne by any means necessary
• tragic hero


  emphasizes macbeth’s noble beginnings and his eventual downfall due to his hamartia-unchecked ambition
• haunted conscience


  highlights macbeth’s internal struggle and torment over the guilt of his murderous actions
• desperate tyrant


  captures macbeth’s descent into tyranny and paranoia as he tries to secure his power
• fated victim


  underlines Macbeth’s entrapment from the witches prophecies and the inevitable doom that follows
• doomed king


  reflects Macbeth’s rise to power followed by his inevitable downfall, dictated by fate and his own actions
• tyrant, ambitous, disloyal, duplicitous, brave