In the play Macbeth, Macbeth is protagonist as the story revolves around him. At the beginning of the play Macbeth is described as a brave, noble, loyal, honorable man. Macbeth the Thane of Glamis marries Lady Macbeth who later in the story encourages Macbeth to take the throne of the king. The play takes place at Scotland where Macbeth is the Scottish general. The pure and noble nature of Macbeth is stained during the encounter with the three witches. Here the witches are depicted as the source of all darkness. The witches say that he will be crowned as the king.
But this statement alone is not a cause of any physiological conflicts. The combination of external and internal conflicts leads to a great change in his behavior.
There are 2 types of conflicts that change the plot of the play:
A. External conflicts
B. Internal conflicts
A. External conflicts: External meaning family members or the scenarios that change Macbeth’s …show more content…
Losing his entire family Macduff the oldest son of Duncan seeks for vengeance. The conflict between Macbeth and Macduff arises.
• Malcolm is a rival from the beginning of the play and plans to over through Macbeth. There is a conflict of rivalry taking place here. While Malcom’s men served under Malcolm to get rid of Macbeth for the throne, Macbeth’s men were so afraid of him they obeyed him.
• Malcolm and Macduff combine their forces thereby acquiring a better chance of throwing Macbeth of the throne.
• The conflicts within Lady Macbeth, once guilt takes over Lady Macbeth, she loses the courage to live, leading her to suicide.
After Lady Macbeth sees her hand stained with blood, she is undone and the guilt over throws her will and thereby being a cause for her to suicide.
Other than the first conflict, throwing Duncan out of the throne by killing him, nothing else bothered him as much as it did.
B. Internal conflicts: More than the external conflicts the internal conflicts affected him the most. He has to make a tough choice where he either needs to side with his ambition or his heart. This tears him