Macbeth, the valiant hero or the murderer? Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare and takes place in Scotland. When the play begins, we meet three witches. The three ladies appear and disappear quickly before readers can fully learn who they are and why Shakespeare introduces them. However, the scene quickly shifts from witches to a bloody battlefield. Scotland and Ireland are fighting against each other, for a reason unknown to readers (Shakespeare 4-5). During this battle, the Thane of Cawdor dies and the news reaches King Duncan. King Duncan likes the noble Macbeth so much that he sends his servant to introduce him as Thane of Cawdor (6). Meanwhile, Macbeth is still on the battlefield. Macbeth is the main character of the story (Shakespeare 28) “After everyone in the house has fallen asleep, Macbeth checks to see if the king's servants have fallen asleep. Once he is sure they are asleep, he brings a dagger to King Duncan. When King Duncan realizes who it is, he is in complete shock. He tries to fight Macbeth, but in vain. The fight is over, King Duncan dies helpless. Macbeth runs to Lady Macbeth after realizing what he has done, as he sees the dagger in her hand. He sees that his clothes carry the blood of King Duncan and remorse begins to set in. Macbeth can't believe what he has done. Guilt begins to overwhelm him, but Lady Macbeth tries to convince him that everything will be okay. Macbeth hires two murderers and has Banquo killed. This is very contradictory to the original Macbeth readers encountered. He seemed like a good friend, always looking out for Banquo. An example of this would be when they met the three witches and Macbeth also reminded them to prophesy to Banquo (9). In Act 3, Macbeth is haunted by the spirit of Banquo. Everyone at the party was wondering what was happening to him. Lady Macbeth makes up multiple lies about her behavior, trying to distract the guest. Macbeth escapes and joins the group. Macbeth is still terrified that someone could take the throne, even with Banquo and Duncan dead. He tells his wife that he is going to see the witches again. However, she tells him not to worry, but rather to go to bed. In this scene, Lady Macbeth's advice is different. She no longer pushes her husband to do things he shouldn't do