The protagonist of Shakespeare's tragic play, Macbeth, is a tyrant.

Yet, Shakespeare does not define him only by

his deeds but by his soliloquy which is sensitive, imaginative and philosophical. Had he been thoroughly a
villain, he could not have acquired the sublime height of tragic dignity at the play's conclusion. Though initially
Macbeth excludes idealism, patriotism, unfailing loyalty to the king and moral uprightness, the germ of evil is
not entirely absent in him. Conversely, at the play's end where his actions indicate an obvious degeneration and
depravity, he still retains his moral sensibility and philosophical profundity.
The above image of image of Macbeth expresses deep and painful sorrow which was the result of the struggle
between his conscience and his desire to become the king. Macbeth belonged to the thesis world which is
evident from his earlier role as kinsman of King Duncan. But tempted by the witches he fuels his naked
ambition of becoming the king which leads him to catharsis and abyss- nowhere between thesis and anti- thesis
world. His eyes and mouth depicts his empty mind [hollowness], and red and black strands depicts the two
sides- good and evil. The head of three witches between him and his crown shows the struggle between him and
his ambition.
Even after becoming the king Macbeth was not able to conquer over his subjects. “those he commands move
only in his command,/ nothing in love:…”
The witches were well aware that Macbeth was an ambitious person therefore they find Macbeth as their means
to satisfy their evil intentions. The witches plotted Macbeth’s sole intention of becoming the king and paved his
conscience and goodness towards tyranny. “When all that is within him does condemn/ itself, for being there?”
Macbeth’s conscience itself condemned him for his actions. “now does he feel his title/hang loose about him,
like a giant robe/ upon a dwarfish theif.” The tite of a king was getting too heavy on his thief like character.
Kingship is something that is earned from the people whereas Macbeth stole it from King Duncan.
We come to the action scene when the Birnam wood come to Dusinane hill and spouts the seed of doubt in
Macbeth’s mind regarding the prophecies of the witches. “To doubt th’ equivocation of the fiend that lies like
truth.” After killing Siward Macbeth confronts Macduff who is already enraged to take revenge of the muder of
his family by Macbeth. "soul is too much charged / With blood of thine already,” He then tells him that he lives
a charmed life and cannot be killed by anyone "of woman born." At this point, Macduff informs him that he was
"from the womb untimely ripped," meaning he was born by Caesarian section. At this point, Macbeth realizes
the witches have instilled in him a self-destructive sense of confidence that is misplaced—Macbeth is fooled by
the wording of their prophecies and is doomed.
At the end of the play, Macduff carried Macbeth's head to show his countrymen and the aristocrats of Scotland
that if one would not be devoted to the country of Scotland and Malcolm the new overlord of Scotland would
bear the same outcome. Macduff's severed head is brought to Malcolm by Macduff, proof that Macbeth has
been overthrown, and that Scotland is now under Malcom’s administration. A concluding image of the play is
Macduff carrying Macbeth's head. It symbolizes Macbeth's struggle towards extreme consequences and a
teaching of Shakespeare that - naked ambition leads only to one's own destruction. Malcolm welcomed all the
escapists during Macbeth's tyrancy and rewards for the people who fought on Malcolm's behalf. Thus, the play
ends with very little ambiguity: the good side has won, and the evil side has been vanquished.