Macbeth's summary

Macbeth was fighting in battle from the very beginning of the story. People even King Duncan agrees that he is a very loyal to the king, honorable man, outstanding on the battlefield and very tough to kill. Macbeth and his companion-- Banquo, met the weird sisters and heard about what will happen in their future, so then them two wouldn't think it would happen till Macbeth heard about it and actually believes in it. Macbeth thinks he could change his fate to make it actually happening but the weird sisters are the one changing his fate. If Macbeth knew this would happen, he should of just do nothing about, let his life proceed, but no, he'd rather continue doing what the weird sisters are exactly doing. Macbeth was good person, he holds that honor but then Lady Macbeth changed him, make him try to do bad deeds to his lord, friends, or maybe the rest of Duncan's kingdom to succeed taking over the king's throne. He evil on the inside but appears to be very respectful on the outside.

Aspects of Macbeth

Appearance vs. Reality: Machiavelli believes that on the inside, you can be good or bad. On the outside, you must appear to be good. This character Lady Macbeth shows to be true because inside of her, sense her change of bad deeds but on the outside, pretending to do good deeds. The discussion between Lady Macbeth and her husband changed her, she wants to try to act and help make her husband manly enough to do bad deeds.

Gender Roles: Lady Macbeth changed as a women into a man. Macbeth still acts like a woman for doing good deeds, so his wife is trying to help turn him into a man although he's too weak to do bad deeds with her. Apparently we would think that men are most stronger than women.

Loyalty and Honor: Macbeth was an loyal and honorable person to King Duncan at first, til then he suddenly been changed and wants to assassinate the king himself so he could take over his throne and his kingdom.

Leadership

An effective leader is a person with a passion for a cause that is larger than they are, someone who is taking action, trying to get others to do something they want to see done. Someone with a dream and a vision that will better society, or at least, some portion of it. Leadership also implies values. A leader must have values that are life-giving to society. It is the only kind of leadership we need. This then also implies values that are embedded in respect for others. So often we think of people skills or caring about people as being “warm and fuzzy.” I think a leader can be of varying ‘warmth and fuzziness,” but a leader has to respect others. You can’t lead without it. Otherwise we are back to manipulation. Respect means also that one can deal with diversity - a critical need for a leader in today’s world, probably always has been, although diversity may have been more subtle in the homogeneous societies of the past.