External Forces In Macbeth

Discuss the ideas in Macbeth that author William Shakespeare portrays about the forces that inhibit or encourage an individual’s actions.

The tragic downfall of Macbeth can be contributed to several key factors. Macbeth’s downfall can be attributed to his blind ambition, the influence of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s own insecurities and misgivings. Blind ambition combined with immoral goals, with Lady Macbeth’s influence and Macbeth’s personal doubts all lead to his inevitable downfall.

The Play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare is shaped by supernatural forces with the use of the weird witches, the apparition of the ghost, and the floating dagger. These forces lead Macbeth to act in the way he did and add suspense to the play. The play opens with the three witches, and later on Macbeth and Banquo encounter them. They prophesized that Macbeth will be promoted to Thane of Cawdor, and then become King of Scotland. In addition to that, Banquo was told that his sons shall be kings, but never himself. Macbeth was skeptical about the prophesies, but until some of King Duncan’s men came to inform Macbeth that that he was to be named Thane of Cawdor due to the betrayal of the previous and condemned to death. Then Lady Macbeth

In Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’, Macbeth is seen to be the grounds of his own downfall. Macbeth’s actions bring upon his downfall, because it is he who eventually chose to kill Banquo and MacDuff’s family. These actions were due to his ambitious nature. Lady Macbeth is also to blame for her husband’s demise because she is the one who originally pushed Macbeth into killing Duncan; her actions cause Macbeth to eventually meet his own death. Lady Macbeth is not the only factor that cause Macbeth’s downfall. The three witches are also responsible because they heighten Macbeth’s confidence and put the idea that he cannot be killed by anything. Macbeth’s ambitious nature

Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!” (Third Witch) “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king

In scene three of the first act, the three witches meet in an open field to meet with Macbeth as planned. When Macbeth and Banquo appear they don’t know what’s about to happen, then the witches appear where they said they would. After a few questions from Macbeth, the first witch responds with “all hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee thane of Glamis!” which is a title he already has but is still surprising that they knew, but then the second witch says “all hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee thane of Cawdor!” This is when he starts to become even more confused since he doesn’t have that title and isn’t aware that he is getting the title soon, then there is the third witch that says to him “all hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” (1.3.51-53). When he gets the news from a messenger that he has been granted the title he realizes that one of the prophecies comes true and starts questioning about what they had said when they said he would be king. Banquo takes

King hereafter!” (Lines 50-53). In this, the witches are calling Macbeth the Thane of Glamis,

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.

Shakespeare is one of the most influential and famous playwrights of modern times. A major reason his work is loved by so many is because of his insightfulness into the human mind, and one of Shakespeare’s greatest works demonstrating this is Macbeth. This famous play is about nobleman and military man Macbeth and how his tragic choices lead to his inevitable demise. The first and most trying choice that Macbeth has to make is whether or not to kill Duncan, the king of Scotland. Macbeth has to make this decision while being pulled in different directions by two conflicting forces. The force pulling him away from murder is his loyalty and humanity towards Duncan. The other force pulling him towards murder is his loyalty towards Lady Macbeth

Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its sake. Every day, people deal with conflicts with their peers. In the play Macbeth, there are examples of internal and external conflicts and how the resolution the former affect the latter; which is shown through the theme of the corrupting power of unchecked ambition, events of the novel and lastly how resolving the issues for example how the killing of King Duncan affected him externally.

Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!/ All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter"(I.iii.52-57)  When Macbeth hears this prophecy, many questions instantly run through his head.  He begins to wonder, "What are they talking about and how will I become king?"  Macbeth does not entirely trust the witches, for he does identify them with evil.  The foretelling of the witches sparks the plot of the murder.  The sparks burst into flame when Lady Macbeth hears of the prophecy.

Firstly, the Witches greet Macbeth in Act I Scene I saying, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth!

After the battle, Macbeth and Banquo the other general in the Scottish army, approach three witches whom just appeared out of nowhere. The witches speak of a prophecy to be heard by Macbeth, All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glam is! All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter (1.3.51-53).

In the opening act of this play Macbeth is a solider who has just returned from war. The captains are speaking highly of Macbeth’s valor, courage, and bravery. Suddenly Macbeth meets up with three witches. These witches tell him, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor, that shalt be king

The last act brings about the catastrophe of the play. This does not consist merely in the death of Macbeth upon the field of battle. Shakespeare is always more interested in the tragedy of the soul than in external events, and he here employs all his powers to paint for us the state of loneliness and hopeless misery to which a long succession of crimes has reduced Macbeth. Still clinging desperately to the deceitful promises of the witches the tyrant sees his subjects fly from him; he loses the support and companionship of his wife, and looks forward to a solitary old age, accompanied only by "curses, not loud, but deep." It is not until the very close of the act, when he realizes how he has been trapped by the juggling fiends, that Macbeth