In William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," the vicious leader battles with his fiery ambition causing him to lose all respect he once had. Shakespeare represents the loss of respect throughout the play, particularly in the most iconic scenes. At the start of Act I Scene 5 Macbeth has sent a letter to his beloved Lady Macbeth about the witches’ predictions that he wants to pursue, however she does not believe that he has got it in him to carry out such an evil act to become King, this alone shows she doesn’t respect Macbeth the way he does for her. She then goes into one of her most famous soliloquies calling upon demonic forces to make her more like a man, to be able to kill Duncan. When Macbeth tells her that he will not kill Duncan as it is a double betrayal by killing the King and a guest, he also says that he has worried about it too much and the only thing keeping him on task is his “vaulting ambition.” Lady Macbeth manipulates him by ridiculing him for not joining in on her cold-blooded plans. This just shows that all she wants is to have Macbeth as King, her as Queen and will be ruthless to those in her way even if it’s Macbeth himself. King Duncan arrives at the castle, after dining with the Macbeth's and other thanes, Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that she has got the guards drunk and that it’s time for him to murder Duncan. On his way there he imagines a bloody dagger showing the way to where the King is sleeping, upon killing Duncan he returns to Lady Macbeth covered in blood with the dagger in his hand, so she takes it off of him and plants it on the unconscious guard. When Macduff finds the dead King everyone starts to panic and they go to arrest the bloody guards however Macbeth had already gotten there and killed them saying he was taken over by rage, leading the thanes and lords to become suspicious of Macbeth. Later Macbeth invites everyone to his banquet included is best friend Banquo, who is also suspicious, he r