In the Roman Polanski version of Macbeth, he begins a wonderful life as a highly recognized man in the army and is one of the king's favorites. Throughout this film, viewers can see a change in Macbeth's morale. At first Macbeth was a happy man and proud of his honor, then his change begins when he becomes angry with the king. A tragic hero by definition is a great character who falls into misfortune or failure. Macbeth shows this best by starting as a noble soldier in King Duncan's army as Thane of Cawdor, who then evolves into an ambitious king from the prophecies of the witches, being emasculated by his wife and hallucinations of mirrors. When Macbeth and the king have their first confrontation with the king, Lady Macbeth was also a miserly young character and wanted the throne as Queen of Scots. However, in the play he was an elderly man, just like Lady Macbeth. The greed and ambition of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth would not have affected them so badly if they had been wiser in their actions in the Polanski version. If it were older people in the movie, Macbeth might have been given the throne from the King of Scotland in a more noble way than killing King Duncan in the movie. If Macbeth was an older character in the film, he might have been given the throne as an honored soldier. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were blinded by their greed to become king and queen of Scotland. Macbeth allowed Lady Macbeth to determine his fate so that he would kill the king as he second-guessed his actions. Macbeth also completely changed his character when he met the witches because he needed their help to secure his future. Macbeth also changed after his scene with the hallucinations of the eight mirrors because he saw that his sons would not hold the throne in the future. Roman Polanski's version was not an accurate representation of the play as Polanski made Macbeth and Lady Macbeth young and careless with their