Macbeth character sketch

The play “Macbeth” is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays of all time. The play uses setting and the plot to its biggest advantage. The main theme in the play is “Fair is foul and foul is fair.” This theme is used from the first act to the end of the play. Three very prominent examples of the overriding theme is when Macbeth receives the land of Macdonwald. Next, when he visits the witches and receives his predictions and he sticks to them word for word and will do anything to make them come true. Finally, in the end when Macbeth is about to be attacked and killed is the most prominent example of “Fair is foul and Foul is fair” because Macbeth is finally killed and the rightful heir to the throne finally taking over the position that he was suppose to be holding.

As the play opens we are placed into 11th century Scotland, during a war that Macbeth is fighting in. During the war Macbeth was the best of the best, he ended up killing the leader of t...