Explain Who Is To Blame For Macbeth's Downfall

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tragedy about a war hero named Macbeth, who follows his ambition with evil and who is repaid with evil. He is responsible for his own demise although only to a certain extent. There were many other factors that contributed to the tragic that could have been avoided - for example how the witches’ predictions are responsible for influencing Macbeth’s thoughts although ultimately no one told Macbeth to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth was also a very influential character which manipulated Macbeth into doing bad deeds however he is responsible for putting power into the hands of Lady Macbeth and letting her influence him. Finally, Macbeth acknowledges his guilt of wrongdoing and is thereby responsible for his

Macbeth, despite influences of the witches and Lady Macbeth, is responsible for his downfall. The witches are not fully to blame but do play a part in Macbeth's tragedy. In William Shakespeare’s play "Macbeth", Macbeth is a hero who soon destroys himself by his own wicked and selfish ambitions. To a certain degree, the witches can be blamed for the tragedy, although the blame can easily fall amongst Macbeth’s ambitious nature, and Lady Macbeth’s manipulation. Overall, the witches play an important role in the tragedy, but the blame cannot be purely placed on the witches as there are the other factors involved in the play, causing the tragic ending.

“When Lady MacBeth receives the letter from MacBeth telling her that he wants to kill Duncan, she fears that he would not have the courage to go through with it” (Shakespeare 31). She brings out the worst in him and encourages him to kill King Duncan. She persuades him by constantly telling him negative things to get MacBeth to believe that he is doing the right thing. “Look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under ’t” (Shakespeare 35). Lady MacBeth is the one who tells MacBeth to be this vicious creature and makes him think that killing King Duncan is okay. Because of Lady Macbeth’s behavior, MacBeth was led to become a murderer. Macbeth should not be held accountable for his actions since Lady MacBeth is the one who convinced him to commit the crime that started his madness and turn him into a monster.

A character’s tragic downfall is often influenced by other characters, but this is not the case in Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. Macbeth conforms to the conditions of a tragic hero because in the beginning of the play, Macbeth is an honourable and trustworthy nobleman to King Duncan and all of Scotland. However, throughout the play, Macbeth commits evil deeds such betrayal, treason, and murder solely because of his ambitions to remain in power. Macbeth murders others upon hearing the witches’ prophecies and even proceeds to return to them to remain in power. Macbeth is influenced and manipulated by his wife Lady Macbeth and The Witches, but he is ultimately responsible for his own tragic downfall. Macbeth’s tragic downfall is caused by his ‘vaulting ambition’ to become king. Thus, Macbeth has no one but his ruthless, cruel, and greedy self to blame for his own tragic downfall.

Lady Macbeth coerced him to feel guilt towards her instead of Duncan so he could stop being so difficult and go through with the

Even though he may have saw the vision of the dagger, that was all guilt and hallucination. Also, it was his own fault that he believed the witches. He thought that they were correct about him being King so that led to his cruel killing of the king who happened to be his cousin. When Macbeth murdered Duncan, the Great Chain of Being collapsed and eventually, caused a mess. To understand what his sentence shall be, we must first observe how the wicked deed occurred.

Duncan is the most unlikely character to be killed because of his personality, but because he is the King of Scotland, Macbeth loathes him. In the play there is very interaction between Macbeth and Duncan, showing the little time in which Macbeth gets more power. Prior to the witches’ prophecies Macbeth is loyal to Duncan, and would never imagine killing him. After the one of the witches’ prophecies comes to be true, the thought of killing Duncan, Macbeth "yield[s] to that suggestion / whose horrid

The lust for power will change and corrupt one’s pure heart, and will ultimately lead to the downfall of the character. Macbeth, a strong and noble general, experiences a similar downfall because of his corrupted mindset and both his wife’s and his own desires and ambition for power. Their corrupt desire for power is to blame for this devastating corruption that prevented Macbeth from achieving his goal of power. In this play, his wife presents him with evil plans to inherit the throne and urges him to make these sinful decisions, Macbeth determines that he also wants the power of a king and ultimately makes the choices that lead to his downfall. Although other characters such as the witches appear throughout the play and encourage Macbeth

More importantly, he needed to realize where his morals and personal values lied. He needed to find himself spiritually before he made such rash and on the spot decisions. If he had found himself spiritually, he may have been able

Kendall Wright English 10 Valentin 12 June 2015 In the Tragedy of Macbeth, a tragedy by William is the story of a man who has a horrible downfall due to unfortunate circumstances. There have been debates regarding who the cause of his downfall was. Others argue that Lady Macbeth, his wife, is the cause of his downfall but this is not true. The ruthless actions of Macbeth cause his downfall and his demise and he should be accountable for his own actions and accept the consequences that follow.

As the play progresses, Shakespeare ventilates a myriad of elements, notably leading up and through Macbeth’s reign as king, that can be blamed for the catalyst of his demise. Although it is evident that the witches’ prophecies and Lady Macbeth’s inhumane conscience and enticement lead to Macbeth’s ungraceful end, Shakespeare shows through the exploits of Macbeth that he regresses from a logical, conscientious and honourable soldier, to an egocentric and tormented soul, burdened by a

If the three of them were to not have spoken of Macbeth becoming king, or of any of the prophecies, he wouldn't have felt compelled to kill King Duncan. ''All hail Macbeth! That shalt be king hereafter.'' This was the Witches' way of prophesising that Macbeth would become king. Although they did not say that he was to kill Duncan, that statement was the one to make Macbeth later consider killing King Duncan. If the Three Witches did not speak to Macbeth at all, he would not have wanted to kill the king.

This is why he writes to Lady Macbeth, as to prompt her for some persuasion in killing Duncan, and she later refers to the latter as his agreement of the murder when she says "Nor time nor place did then adhere, and yet you would make both"(I,vii,50-52); basically meaning that he was prepared to kill him before, and now he is too weak to go through with it.

Yes, but he wouldn’t have done it in the end without her confronting him. It started out as a spur-of-the-moment idea that wouldn’t have been acted upon without Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth was the mastermind behind his murder, and Macbeth was simply her tool to commit the deed. All so the prophecy could come true and they’re given higher power. I believe if they hadn’t decided to kill Duncan in the first place, somehow in the future he would have died anyways and Macbeth would still become king one way or another. It is the prophecy after all. While a prophecy is only a prediction, you could assume it has a good chance of becoming a reality because the first one was proven to be true. In the end, their reckless actions end in both their deaths. Perhaps they wouldn’t have been struck with karma if they let fate take its own

Planning the murder is not something that Macbeth initially is comfortable with. He feels as though murdering Duncan is going to have many consequences that he will have to suffer with. By having Duncan as his kinsman, subject, host, and most importantly the fact that he is his ruler, Macbeth says that he will not kill Duncan. Soon Lady Macbeth challenges whether or not Macbeth is a man, and he once again decides that he will kill Duncan by persuading him that they will both be successful as a result of the murder.