Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Shakespeare enjoyed writing a variety of types of plays, such as comedies and tragedies. Shakespeare liked the way tragedies could make the audience feel emotions towards the character while learning a lesson about life. Tragedies contain a tragic hero, who experiences a fall, and a tragic flaw in the hero, which causes the fall. The main character of the play Macbeth is a man named Macbeth, who nobly represents the king of Scotland until he meets three witches. The poem is set in 11th century Scotland, also known as the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages was a time when people were led by a king, who had some nobles he trusted very much, one such noble in Macbeth. As soon as Macbeth hears the witches' prophecy, his ambition takes over. The result is Scotland's suffering. Macbeth causes the death of the king, Banquo, Macduff's wife and children, and Lady Macbeth. Macduff fears for the fate of Scotland due to Macbeth's actions. He proclaims that the “poor country” of Scotland will continue to “bleed” and “bleed” with Macbeth as king (4.3.32). Under Macbeth's rule, Scotland has erupted into civil war, with innocent families killed because Macbeth refuses to lose power. Lady Macbeth, the one who pushes Macbeth to kill Duncan, even asks, "Shall these hands never be clean?" (5.1.35). Lady Macbeth's hands are dirty from Duncan's murder and she feels she will never be able to clean them. Macbeth's ambition has clearly gone too far as the person who seemed the most evil is more emotionally distraught than Macbeth. Macbeth's personality also undergoes a breakdown. When Lady Macbeth dies, Macbeth is not as emotionally distraught as one would expect, he simply states that "Life is but a walking shadow, a poor actor that struts and frets his hour on the stage and then comes no more heard" (5.5. 24-26). Macbeth does not mourn his wife's death, he simply accepts it and moves on. The kingdom of Scotland is greatly influenced by the acts committed by the ambitious Macbeth. Before his ambition turned negative, he was a wealthy nobleman who was loved and highly respected by many. After the tragic flaw began to negatively affect Macbeth, Macbeth became known as a traitor who killed the king. Macbeth's well-known reputation faded and he was dishonored and hated by all