Macbeth Act 1 - Character profile!

       Macbeth

 After reading the first Act in the play "Macbeth".  I pick the main character who is named Macbeth, a Scottish general. At the beginning, he plays as a brave hero who gained recognition because of his battlefield valor. However, his character status seems to change after he encounters three witches with his friend, Banquo. The witches predict that Macbeth shall be Thane of Cawdor. I start to realize Macbeth has a very deep impatient ambition. He calls himself Thane of Cawdor, "Glamis, and thane of Cawdor! The greatest is behind. Thanks for your pains." ((I.iii.119-120). Macbeth also has a thought to murder King Duncan in order to let the prophecy come true.

I feel a horrible, gloomy and tragic atmosphere when I am reading and watching the play. I am wondering why those witches have such power to determine the future. On another hand, if there is no witches and no prophecy, will Macbeth’s destiny be changed? In my opinion, the prophecy from the witches is the reflection of what Macbeth is thinking about in his deep mind. After he knows his “destiny”, he has a perfect excuse to commit crime which is to murder King Duncan. Because of the prophecy, no matter what he does, he will still be Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth starts to play an evil role in the play.

      I hope to see that Macbeth can realize his mistake before he murder King Duncan. His amdition makes him to lost himself and lost the spirit to be a general.