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At the beginning of the play Macbeth is seen as a courageous soldier who is loyal to the King but lead on by the witches and Lady Macbeth's ambition. This is because of the weakness of Macbeth's character and the strong power of Lady Macbeth and how she is easily able to influence him. At the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth appears as a kind wife of Macbeth's but underneath lies a scheming and …

…at first it was the strong Lady Macbeth who helped him through the first murder but in sacrifice to controlling Macbeth and his conscience she lost control of hers and in consequence turned insane and killed herself. So in the end it would be right to call Macbeth and his wife cold blooded murders, but don't forget that at the beginning of the play Macbeth and his wife were two ordinary people at the time.