Macbeth, the protagonist of the tragedy, is a general of the king of Scotland Duncan. Macbeth and Banquo met three witches that explained them some prophecies: Macbeth will be named soon gentleman of Cawdor by the king of Scotland Duncan, and then it will ascend to the throne; Banquo, also without never reigning, it will have a regal descent; These profecy became to come tru so Macbeth inform immediately his wife Lady macbeth that suggests him to invite his cousin duncan and to murder him. Macbeth temporizes, but he is suffered convinced by his wife and he kills Duncan. After all the prophecies come true, LAdy macbeth became mad, in fact she will see on his hands some blood, that she will clean with some water. Instead his husband, for the remorse it will hear the voices during the night, in fact he don't sleep anymore. Macbeth is a tragedy: macbeth is the protagonist, and he is in the same moment the positive character and the negative one, infact he organize a violent plot to became king, he also beame villain when he becomes kings, infact he killed the legittimate king.The witches are important because they said the 3 profecies: Macbeth Thane of Cawdor and king of scotland, and that from Banquo will be born a noble stock. All story bases itself on the chenge of macbeth's status; initially macbethis a valorous and brave person, but after the meeting with the three witches he begins to desire what they had said, so he killed his cousin duncan, after yhe killing all changes in fact macbeth begins to don't sleep because of the remorse. madness is a form of punishment. Continua »