Macbeth: Good Are Rewarded and Evil Punished In the story of Macbeth the good are often rewarded and the evil are punished. Macbeth kills and in the end he is killed. Malcolm leads a battle to reclaim Scotland and was crowned the new King. However, sometimes nemesis failed to prevail. Both Banquo and King Duncan caused no evil and yet they were both murdered. On the other hand a look at the “big picture” shows that Scotland is purged of evil and justice is restored. Macbeth killed Duncan and Banquo. He also slaughtered Macduff’s family. In the end of the story Macbeth loses all he has and is killed