This
paper studies the character of Macbeth in the Shakespeare
play by the same name. The author looks at Macbeth's motivations and actions, underscoring each characteristic or decision with lines from the play. The central themes of the paper examined are Macbeth's troubled conscience by what seems an unearned
prophecy, his blinding
ambition, the physical and mental rebelling of his
conscious and the ill prophecy of the messenger.