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Duncan thought that others were like him (as noble and trustworthy). After the death of Duncan, (another tragedy) there was a sense of fear, of wether or not Mac-beth would be able to get away with his crime, and ether Lady Macbeth?s plan of setting up the soldiers with the murder would work or fail. Macbeth had succumbed to grievous temptation and for that the audience gave pity and disgust to Macbeth, a man so desperate. After Macbeth had killed Duncan (to acquire his throne), he was inclined to take away another man?s life: Banquo. Banquo was seen as a threat to Macbeth’s reign, for Banquo knew of the witches? prophecies (he rode beside him at the time) and had suspicious after the death of Duncan, that Macbeth was to blame. Macbeth disposed of Banquo not by doing it himself

(of course not! he was in deep enough strife as it was, and he should not get his ?hands? dirty over such a matter) but by hiring ?hit men? to do it for him. The kill-ing of Banquo went ahead as planned, and was performed in such a cowardly manner, that the tragedy of this event made the audience fearful of what had become of Macbeth, and piteous of what a man such as Macbeth had stooped to, in the creation his throne situated so, that no one else could reach it. His own act of self-glory had reached a peak in evil, he was required to do more evil to help his cause, and because of this, the audience felt great fear of and pity for Macbeth. Macbeth’s conscience had once more played a trick on Macbeth. Whilst Macbeth was hosting a dinner, he saw Banquo?s ghost sitting in his

chair. Macbeth became hysterical, cursing his fellow lords and causing a scene. Macbeth was feeling such immense guilt that his conscience had repossessed his soul to make him paranoid with guilt and hallucinate. Because of this, the audience felt much pity for Macbeth.The death of Lady Macbeth in its own right was a large tragedy for Macbeth. The audience saw how when he received news of her death, he was shattered, realizing how much harm he had done to his world, and what his world had come to. He describes how life has become a succession of meaningless days, due to the carnage he has brought upon his world.”To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way

to dusty death…”Macbeth [V.v.19-23]Finally in the last scene of ?Macbeth? the audience saw how Macbeth was slaughtered by his fate at the hands of Macduff. Macbeth’s reign of death, evil, terror and carnage came to an end. At the end, Macbeth was not triumphant, instead defeated. The audience felt pity for Macbeth, even though the audience knew he had done so much evil, but we saw how Macbeth’s soul was taken over by an evil presence so that he was unable to think or act in a noble way. The audience felt pity because he never got to taste what real “ruling” was like. He was full of so much guilt that the audience could not help but also feel remorseful and piteous of him. Shakespeare has finely crafted Macbeth as a character that the audience feels pity for and fearf

of. Macbeth brought so much tragedy, but yet inside his evil heart, we saw room for forgiveness. The viewer saw a noble officer turn into a tyrant, full of guilt for his actions and full of regret. The audience could not help but feel sorry for him. Macbeth is a character who arouses much pity and fear through the tragedies that he is in-volved in.