Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Shakespeare enjoyed writing a variety of types of plays, such as comedies and tragedies. Shakespeare loved the way tragedies could make the audience feel emotions towards the character while learning a lesson about life. Tragedies contain a tragic hero, who suffers 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 ruled by a king, who had a few nobles whom he trusted greatly, one of these nobles 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 because of the actions committed by Macbeth. He proclaims that the “poor country” of Scotland will continue to “bleed” and “bleed” with Macbeth as king (4.3.32). During Macbeth's reign, Scotland entered a civil war, with innocent families murdered because Macbeth refused to lose power. Lady Macbeth, the one who pushes Macbeth to kill Duncan, even asks: “Will these hands never be clean? (5.1.35). Lady Macbeth's hands are dirty from Duncan's murder and she feels like she will never be able to clean them. Macbeth's ambition clearly went further than it should have, because the person who seemed most evil is more emotionally distraught than Macbeth. Macbeth's personality also suffers a downfall. When Lady Macbeth dies, Macbeth is not emotionally distraught as one might expect, he simply states that "life is but a walking shadow, a poor musician strutting and worrying in his hour on stage and then we don’t hear him anymore” (5.5. 24-26). Macbeth does not mourn the death of his wife, he simply accepts it and moves on. The kingdom of Scotland is greatly affected by the actions of the ambitious Macbeth. Before his ambition turned negative, he was a successful nobleman, loved and highly respected by many. After the tragic flaw began to negatively affect Macbeth, Macbeth became known as a traitor who murdered the king. Macbeth's well-known reputation disappeared and he was disgraced and hated by all.