Macbeth Banquo's Murder

The Mind of a murderer is one of the most intriguing, malicious, and frightening ideas that can be portrayed by a writer. Authors across the globe have tried to grasp their hands on the line that a murderer crosses when making his first kill. One of the most complex murderers in literatures history is Macbeth of Shakespeare's Macbeth. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is introduced as an ambitious, valiant warrior who cares for both his country and his people. Soon after the beginning of the play, Macbeth is corrupted by the prediction of the 3 witches that he will soon be king. As the play progresses, Macbeth is driven to kill Duncan, and from there he hires 3 murderers to kill Banquo and Macduffs wife, along with everyone in his house.
In this third stage, Macbeth is driven by power and getting more nervous by the second, and vows to kill as much as necessary to keep the throne saftly. After Banquo's kill, Lady Macbeth starts having second thoughts and begins to RECEDE from center stage and Macbeth takes her place as the most COMPELLING character in the play. Macbeth's newly confident ambition and lack of sympathy is shown in his conversation with Lennox about the troublesome night of Banquo's murder. In this conversation, Lennox is upset and talks about Banquo's death and the BAD weather of the previous night, to which Macbeth can say nothing but, yes, " Twas a rough night" (act 2. Sc. 3. Ln. 57) . Because of Macbeths newfound confidence, he fails to notice right away that MacDuff is casting suspician on him. Then later, at the banquet, which ends up being the beginning of his DOWNFALL- Macbeth finds that Banquo has been killed, he sees his ghost sitting at the table, showing that his paranoia has been taken to a new level; hallucinations. At this point, he starts to backtrack and get nervous, admitting that he may have to kill more to keep the throne.Macbeth realizes that he can no longer go back, knowing that he is "in blood, stepped in so far that, (he) should wade no more" (Act 3. Sc. 4 Ln 135-136). Macbeths confidence is boosted once again when the witches tell him that no man born of a woman can harm him.
However, Macbeth stands up for himself and although contemplating suicide, he decides it best to die with honor in war. As a whole, Macbeth realizes everything that he has done wrong only to laste to go back, but still fights to the end. Macbeths killing rampage is brought on by his paranoia of being discovered as a killer. In the beginning, Macbeth is almost forced to commit murder after the witches predict his rule over Scotland, and his wife convinces him that killing Duncan is a good idea. After his first kill, however, Macbeth realizes that he is not cut out for doing such things, and begins the downhill drop to paranoia. Next, he hires murderers to preform his next kill which show that he is getting used to the idea of killing; at this point he is willing to do anything as long as he is safe. Macbeths 4th stage in paranoiais when he and his wife switch personalitys and he is so ambitious that he does not even realize the simple things giong on around him that give him hints as to Macduffs suspecting him. Because he is feeling so ambitious, he sends killers to do in the entire Macduff household and this decision is what ultiamately leads to his downfall. Then, when Lady Mabceth kills herself, Macbeth is knocked back into the reality of what he is doing only to realize that it is too late to go back. At this point, he knows that