In keeping with mrpoirier's point that you want to explain how Macbeth changes from the loyal subject to the preternaturally ambitious creature, you may wish to focus on the influence of the supernatural world of the witches. For, in accepting their predictions, Macbeth ignores the warnings of Banquo (I,iii,124) and accepts the powers of darkness, as does his wife, Lady Macbeth who calls upon the supernatural world to "unsex" her (I,v,41). For, it is once Macbeth gives his alliances with the preternatural world that he commits his tragic mistake, much like Faustus who sells his soul to the devil for ambition and success: "Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself/And falls on th'other" (I,vii,27-28).
With this main idea in mind, a strong beginning might start with the quote from the witches in Act IV, Scene I as you demonstrate how their chant becomes true:
Double, double, toil and trouble;/Fire burn and caldron bubble (IV,i,37-38)
Or, you could start with Macbeth's words, "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" (I,iii,38), tying this into the delusion of Macbeth that aligning himself with the preternatural world will bring him success.
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