Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth, shows the journey of Macbeth as he loses his conscience on a downward spiral to nihilism. When we first meet Macbeth, a moral Noble under the King we see his loyalty to his authorities. He reaches appoint later on his journey where he is torn between his conscience, which contains his morals, and nihilism where he is completely free from any sense of being a righteous human. Finally, once Macbeth decides on which path he is going to choose, he ends in a place where he is completely opposite from where he once stood as a loyal Noble under the king. At the beginning Macbeth is looked at so highly because of his commitment to helping his country and his willingness to kill other in order to help his country. Macbeth's conscience allows him to kill in this setting, because he knows he is doing what is best for the country and displaying his cavod for King Duncan. Ross says,"The King hath happily received, Macbeth" (1.3.93) showing that Macbeth's dedication to King Duncan has been recognized by Duncan. At this point, Macbeth's state of mind is uninterrupted since he has yet to meet the weird sisters and his only mission is to do as the king says. However, when Macbeth is made aware of the prophecy he is mentally conflicted between how he thinks fate is determined. As Macbeth's journey unravels more, another part of the weird sisters prophecy is fulfilled when he is named Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth has decided that he is going to let what is meant and if he becomes King that is great, but he isn't going to interfere on the process.: “This supernatural soliciting / Cannot be ill, cannot be good" (1.3.143-144). This shows Macbeth's conscience has become filled with confusion, which is what led him to write his wife a letter describing the prophecy. When Lady Macbeth has finally convinced Macbeth to maintain the crown the fastest way by killing Duncan, Macbeth's conscience is very conflicted. On one