Macbeth starts off at the beginning of the play by being extremely loyal to his king and his country and this is shown in the first act where Macbeth goes off to fight for the king to kill the traitor, The Thane of Cawdor.…

Who is Macbeth most loyal to?

Macbeth is initially loyal to Duncan as “his kinsman and his subject” – this makes it even more shocking when he puts his own desires ahead of his loyalty to the King. Lady Macbeth’s 2-faced nature helps her to betray Duncan – he trusts her as a “Fair and noble hostess” and doesn’t see her lust for power.

How does Macbeth lie to himself?

In other words, Macbeth deceives himself by believing in what the witches said and behaves in such a way as to motivate himself to believe the negation of that truth (“King Duncan should be dead”) by arranging the murder with his wife.