Causes of Macbeths Downfall

Lady Macbeth understands Macbeth’s lust for the throne, and lusts for it herself. She also understands his ambition, but feels that her husband might regret and decide against killing Duncan to steal his throne, as she regards to Macbeth as “full o’ the milk of human kindness” (1.5.4). Since Lady Macbeth fears that Macbeth would turn against her and not go through with the plan, she decides that it must be up to her to get it done correctly. She asks that only the “direst cruelty” (1.5.33) fill her, as she gathers everything that is evil to her in order to murder Duncan. Even though Macbeth was hesitant over the idea of murdering Duncan, his wife convinces him that acting on his impulse of killing Duncan is the right thing to do. This shown when Macbeth starts to second guess the thought of murdering his king, and that it should not be done. However, his wife verbally harasses him into agreeing. Lady Macbeth questions his love for her, questions his masculinity, and criticizes his desire to be king by saying, “When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man” (1.5.49-51). As his successfully offends him, he decides that he needs to prove his manhood, his love of his wife, and his ambition to be king, he agrees to murder Duncan.

The struggle for power is encountered through the interactions between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. When initially introduced to the character of Lady Macbeth, she reads a letter addressed to her from Macbeth in which he states his plans to kill King Duncan and assume the throne. Lady Macbeth responds with a speech signifying her agreeance and calls for the strength to carry on with the plan: “Come, you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/ And fill me from the crown to the top-full/ of direst cruelty” (1.5.47-50). Here, she is denouncing her femininity to take on a more masculine role and to be filled with nothing but motivation for the cruel crime. Shakespeare uses this scene to foreshadow the event in which the crime will be committed. While Macbeth begins to have second thoughts and uneasiness towards the situation, Lady Macbeth tells him: “What beast was ’t,/ then, / That made you break this enterprise to me?/ When you durst do it, then you were a man;/ And to be more than what you were, you would/ Be so much more the man” (1.7.53-58). Lady Macbeth is emasculating her husband her by questioning his ability to be a man and how he hesitates to make the move towards power while she is confident in her decision. Shakespeare makes a choice to have a woman be the one to urge the death of Duncan to show the reversal of gender roles and to expose Lady Macbeth’s character. The playwright

Unraveling Macbeth’s Chaotic Mind Have you ever wondered about the thoughts racing through the minds of the mentally unstable and the brutality they could potentially inflict on others? In Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth, the book’s main character is driven by prophecies and his wife, leading to his murder of King Duncan, and then ultimately seizing the throne. As he makes increasingly violent and foolish decisions, he slowly becomes overwhelmed by guilt; Macbeth’s reign as king becomes very chaotic, leading to bloodshed that eventually causes his demise. Also, throughout the book, Macbeth makes many delusional and insane decisions that alter his life including committing murders, experiencing hallucinations, and behaving irrationally.

Was it Macbeth that did all these evil deeds or was it someone else. Was his story really cursed or was it his wife’s bidding. Macbeth has killed the king and took the crown then has killed others to protect himself. He gets three prophecies in the beginning that become true and three in the near end that lead to his fall. I think it is Macbeth’s fault for all his actions and the cause of his downfall.

Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about his confrontation with the paranormal trio and after finding his hesitance to kill King Duncan to gain the royal title, she ferociously attacks him with her words. Lady Macbeth manipulates her words by making Macbeth question his sense of manhood if he does not follow through. She does this by saying, “When you durst do it, then you were a man; and to me more than what you were you would be so much more than a man” (Act 1 Scene 7 Lines 56-58). Macbeth takes this to heart and places his sense of manhood above his morality to gain the respect of his wife. She also is in a position of power over him, proven by her condescending words of saying that if he did not follow through with the assassination, she would “dashed the brains out” of him (Line 65).

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the antagonist Macbeth is influenced and motivated by his wife Lady Macbeth to plan and execute vicious acts. Lady Macbeth is presented as a villainous character as she instigates her husband into committing horrendous acts starting with the murder of Duncan. She implant’s the idea of violence into Macbeth’s mind. And constantly manages to feed Macbeth’s thoughts with heartless and unfavorable comments. “When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would..be so much more than the man” (1.7.47-51). Lady Macbeth cleverly uses these quotes to mock Macbeth’s ability to behave like a man. She questions Macbeth’s identity and uses him as a pawn to complete her plan. Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth that he would be more than a man if he committed the murder and that this would benefit him.

Desire is one of the major foundations for the survival for human. It gives human motivation and power to achieve greatness in their lives. However ambition without the right self-control can lead to destruction rather than achievement. In “the tragedy of Macbeth”, Shakespeare gives detail explanations about the process of Macbeth’s downfall due to his ambition. In the end, Macbeth is ultimately responsible for his damnation because he’s clouded by desire, brutal practice and the weakness of his will.

Macbeth’s ambition for power interests his wife, Lady Macbeth, who also desires power and corrupts Macbeth’s ambition. When Macbeth is having second thoughts as to whether or not he should murder Duncan, Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth, coaxing him into killing King Duncan despite his loyal service to him;”When you durst do it, then you were a man; / And to be more than what you were, you would / Be so much more the man”(I.7.56-58). Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth’s manliness as a way to get Macbeth to go through with the murder. Macbeth, offended and hesitant, struggles with moral conflict. He fears being caught and does not wish to murder Duncan because he has been fair to him. Lady Macbeth however knows that Macbeth strives for power, and finds a way to use this as a way of manipulating him. Earlier on in the play, Lady Macbeth is reading her husband’s letter and learns of the prophecies. Her first instinct is to kill Duncan. She reads the letter and reflects on Macbeth’s nature,“Glamis thou art, and cawdor,and shalt be / What thou art promised. Yet I do fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness”(I.5.15-17). Lady Macbeth knows that her husband does not have enough ambition to kill Duncan, and realizes she must push him into murdering King Duncan. [This is the moment in the play where Lady starts planning to murder King Duncan and gets the play moving in the direction it ends]. Macbeth’s thirst for power never leaves him satisfied.

Macbeth Downfall In the first act of Macbeth, we find out that Macbeth is a well-respected soldier who works for King Duncan. As the novel progresses, Macbeth turns into a dark, sinister figure who commits several murders, either himself or through other people. To be fair to Macbeth, there is more to the story than just him murdering people. The first murder he commits is of his beloved king Duncan in cold blood.

Macbeth headstrong or a spineless man? Three witches told Macbeth he would be king one day and Banquo's children would be king too. Macbeth gets talked into killing Duncan by Lady Macbeth. This starts his infatuation with becoming king and he has everyone in his way killed and goes back to the witches to learn his fate. He laughs at what they tell him because its very outlandish and because of his arrogance is ultimately killed. The three witches cause Macbeth’s downfall because they had the most control over his life.

In the tragic play of Macbeth, a series of unpremeditated events unfold from the murder of King Duncan. Macbeth kills King Duncan in order to become the king of Scotland, but was, in turn, overthrown by those who resisted his rule. The one who is to blame for these events can be argued as almost any character in the book as they all had a role in this disarray. From my view, Macbeth is the one who had ultimately caused the peripeteia experienced by him and his wife, with his ambition and Lady Macbeth being factors of what influences Macbeth’s decision making.

In Act 1, Scene 7, Lines 56-57, "When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man", Lady Macbeth orchestrates Macbeth’s self-esteem by taunting his manliness when Macbeth doesn’t plan on following through with her plan. Moments later, she tells him how he should act and what he needs to do, in Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 71-75, “When Duncan is asleep...look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.” She successfully augments Macbeth’s ambition and exhorts him to commit atrocities. After Duncan’s murder, Macbeth no longer values Lady Macbeth’s opinions- his actions are rash and selfish because they are made promptly. Interaction between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth falters since Macbeth is now swept up with erasing his tracks. The two perish as individuals- Macbeth is miserable with guilt caused by cold- blooded Lady Macbeth’s attribution of influence and plan. But instead of comforting her husband and talking him out of murdering more people, Lady Macbeth only gives one feeble attempt.

The genre of 'Macbeth' is a tragedy, a traditional Greek theatrical form which shapes the ideas, themes and setting of this play. The protagonist, Macbeth, is the tragic hero who experiences a peak at the start of the play, as he is victorious in battle and awarded the title of Thane of Cawdor by his appreciative King, yet through various influences such as his own fatal flaw of ambition kindled by the witches fateful predictions, he is led to his downfall: insanity and eventual death. A fateful and ominous tone is set from the opening, Act 1 scene 1, as the witches are introduced with portentous pathetic fallacy, 'Thunder and lightning'. Their dialogue hints that the course of the play will be tumultuous, 'when the hurley burley's done', maybe

A man of dignity and intrepidity, Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the tragic play “Macbeth” had once embodied these majestic traits and left others around him awestruck in merely inspiration, yearning to echo his footsteps. His courageous escapades had also succeeded in winning over King Duncan of Scotland during a battle in which he defeated King Sweno of Norway. Yet, farther into the play, Macbeth’s character seemingly transforms into a man of ruthlessness and vulnerability. He becomes a “tragic hero” after his confrontation with the witches, the stern lectures of his wife (Lady Macbeth), and ultimately, the immoral human nature of greed.

The Causes of Macbeth’s Downfall How far would you go to fulfill your desire? Macbeth, a play written by the great William Shakespeare in the seventeenth century, was a tale that answered that very question. It reached the top ten list of plays written by Shakespeare for that very reason. This play truly demonstrated just how far one’s lust for power would change a man. This man’s own ambition lead to his premature downfall.