LRJ 1, Macbeth

1. Initial impressions of Macbeth are that he is a sincere man. "...let us speak Our free hearts each to other... Come, friends." 1.4.(172-175).
Initial impressions of Lady Macbeth are that she is eager for power. When she reads Macbeth's letter about what the Witches told him, she thinks up a plan. She knows Macbeth may not want to carry out with her idea of murdering Duncan, "Yet do I fear thy nature; Is too full ' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way." 1.5.(16-18). She tries to ask the spirits for bravery in which a man is supposed to hold. "Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty." 1.5.(47-50).
Initial impressions of Banquo was that he was a intelligent, kind man. "The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, Which we thank as love." 1.6.(14-15).

2.The theme shown throughout act 1 is what the Witches say in the very beginning. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." 1.1.(12). Something isn't always what it seems.

3. A striking image is in the quote by Macbeth, "If good, why do I yield in that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs Against the use of nature?" 1.3.(147-150). It is an important quote because it shows Macbeth's nerves and moral values. It demonstrates that it is not in his character to do awful deeds.