In Shakespeare's Macbeth, each character has certain qualities that contribute to the dynamic story and theme. Macbeth was a hero to start, but died as a villain, reinforcing the theme, "fair is foul and foul is fair" or simply things are not what they seem. Macbeth's ruthless qualities are responsible for both his reputation as a hero and his ultimate demise as a villain and tyrant. When Macbeth is first introduced into the play he …showed first 75 words of 332 total…

…showed last 75 words of 332 total…the play, he seems almost relieved, with Birnam wood marching on Dunsinane, he can finally return to life as a warrior. He never contemplates suicide, "Why should I play the Roman fool and die / on mine own sword?" Instead he goes down fighting, bringing everything full circle: it begins with Macbeth winning on the battlefield as a hero and ends with him dying in combat as a tyrant, succumbing to the inner battles inside also.