Lady Macbeth's Downfall

Whilst the character of Macbeth is initially portrayed as a noble kinsman, his ambition and motivation, directly influenced by the witches and Lady Macbeth, ultimately transforms him into a corrupt and ruthless tyrant. William Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy “Macbeth” clearly depicts this notion of change, illustrated through Shakespeare's utilisation of literary techniques. The tragic downfall of Macbeth is mainly attributed to Macbeth’s own greed and hubris.

Throughout the book, as Macbeth continues to progress in power, it seems as though his morals fade away while dark and destructive ideas spread through him quickly. While Macbeth contemplates his first evil deed of killing Duncan, he often talk’s himself into doing it, or gets outside persuasion to gain the courage that he is lacking. After talking to Lady Macbeth about how he has to murder Duncan, he exclaims, “I am settled and bend up / Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. / Away and mock the time with the fairest show. / False face must hide what the false heart doth / know” (1.7.92-96). Later in the novel we learn that Macbeth thinks that Banquo has become a threat to his power. Macbeth then takes this problem into his own hands and assigns murderers to kill Banquo. Macbeth then says, “So is he mine; and in such bloody distance / That every minute of his being thrusts/ Against my nearest of life. And though I could / With barefaced power sweep him from my sight/ And bid my will avouch it, yet I must not, / For certain friends that are both his and mine, / Whose loves I may not drop, but wail his fall who I myself struck down. And thence it is, that I to your assistance do make love, masking the business from the common eye for sundry weighty reasons” (3.1.132-142). Macbeth is saying that if he absolutely has to do this terrible deed he will, it doesn’t mean he wants to, but he is going to do it anyways. Macbeth uses the motif of appearance versus reality when he

In the play of “Macbeth”, Shakespeare gradually and effectively deepens our understanding of the themes and most importantly the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The main theme of Macbeth is ambition, and how it compels the main characters to pursue it. The antagonists of the play are the three witches, who symbolise the theme appearance and reality. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relation is an irony throughout the play, as most of their relation is based on greed and power. This is different from most of Shakespeare’s other plays, which are mostly based on romance and trust. There is also guilt that leads Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to the final consequences of the play. As the progresses, the constant changes in Macbeth and Lady

Destiny is controlled half by supernatural force and half by your own action, because sometimes people can make their decisions and that will affect their destiny. In “Sports Genes”, “Into the Wild”, and “Macbeth”, the main characters all made their own choice but there were still outside forces that effected their decisions. In “Macbeth” although he made his own decisions of doing all the bad things he is doing, but the witches are the ones who affected his decisions and made him do all the things. In “Sports Genes” Thomas is naturally much more talented than other athletes, so his destiny is already set before he does any decision. Chris in “Into the Wild” is completely different from the other two characters, he did what he wanted to do

The first battle victory and meeting with the witches in Macbeth initiates the downward spiral of Macbeth’s life and those around him. Although Macbeth does not fully place his confidence in the witches’ premonitions, he questions why they would hail him as the Thane of Glamis in reason that he currently holds that title. Yet, subsequent to the meeting with Ross and Angus, Macbeth learns that he is to be the Thane of Cawdor: the Second Witch’s prediction. Although he gradually begins to seriously consider the events of the first meeting with the witches, Macbeth wholeheartedly accepts their peculiar insights by their second meeting. “Though you untie the winds and let them fight/…Even till destruction sicken, answer me/ To what I ask you” portrays his obvious desperation to be known of his future, regardless of the consequences for his actions. Ensuing the first meeting, Macbeth’s personality underwent a significant transformation resulting in a character of increased anxiety and paranoia.

Personality is a thing that all humans have that is really difficult to change. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth was a victim of this as he could not change his personality for the good. Although in the text Macbeth was perceived as an evil person, he was actually an inherently good person who was unable to overcome the influences and this lead to his downfall. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth is a good person who is influenced to make bad choices, demonstrating that his easily manipulated personality is the true cause of his downfall. This is supported by the fact that Macbeth was a noble and a thane before he made all the wrong choices, Macbeth was influenced by others to make wrong choices, and the ultimate fact that Macbeth has an easily manipulated personality; as proven in the text.

Macbeth is the story of a tragic hero. Once the loyal thane of Cawdor, Macbeth is soon overtaken by his own ambition in his quest to become the King and maintain his power once he is crowned. However, this character change does not appear on its own; much of Macbeth’s harmful ambition is the product of his wife’s urging. The passive ambition that is the center of Lady Macbeth’s personality is the catalyst that transforms Macbeth’s character from a noble subject of the king to an individual capable of committing countless brutal acts to further his power; ultimately leading to the downfall of both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth himself.

All humans can be manipulated or changed by inside and outside affects, some that are good while others are bad. This can all be related through books/plays and the characters change throughout them. In the play Macbeth written by Shakespeare, the title character has a major conquest to become king. Throughout his process, he is affected by both internal and external forces. These affects really come in to play as the play progresses and several terrible things happen. In the end, Macbeths demise can ultimately be said from the causes of Lady Macbeth’s controlling actions, his murderous ways, and the witches’ trickery.

One day, three witches tell Person A that he will be ruler. Once he tells his wife of this good news, she uses society’s expectations to pressure him into killing the current king/good friend of his, Duncan. She tells him that he’s a coward if he doesn’t do it and that it would make her happy. Is it wrong to make your wife happy? Macbeth asks readers this very question. It allows readers to look into motives, moral development, and the results of murder. It also allows them discover that moral motives do not justify immoral actions.

The real historical Macbeth upon which Shakespeare based his character, Macbeth, is an honorable, notable leader. Shakespeare’s Macbeth begins as a brave and capable warrior, but he changes to a cruel, ambitious person after hearing his prophecies from the witches. The real King Duncan, the King of Scotland, dies honorably in battle, and Macbeth honorably succeeds the throne. However, in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth kills King Duncan secretly to avoid suspicion so he could become the next king. In William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth is a tragic play that shows how Macbeth self-fulfills the prophecy that the witches had given him by becoming a murderer to fulfill his destiny, which leads to his death.

Guilt, power, and vengefulness are only a few examples of what drives our actions. Being born guilty, power-hungry, or craving revenge is not plausible. The need to satisfy those feelings develop because of what influences the individual is under. In the tragedy Macbeth, William Shakespeare flawlessly captures the very embodiment of what makes us human. Nevertheless, it provides the idea that there are forces that can encourage an individual’s actions. The characters Macduff, Macbeth, and Lady Macbeth, all portray this idea.

In Macbeth by William Shakespeare a man gets to the throne of king through power and murder, Duncan is the first king of Scotland, then Macbeth finds out that he is in line to be king next, so he is pressured by his wife Lady Macbeth to kill Duncan. Macbeth later feels guilty about what he did to Duncan, and this leads to speculation if Macbeth is truly a bad guy or not; however, Macbeth shows that he’s hard to control.

To begin with, Macbeth's ambition led him to be easily influenced. The three witches were the first to fool Macbeth. According to the play, they told him he would be king, and they told Banquo - Macbeth's friend - that his kids would also be kings. Macbeth let the prospect of becoming king and gaining power go to his head, as he recounted the witches prophecy throughout the text. On the other hand, Banquo didn't let ambition control his actions negatively, nor allow him to trust and believe every thing he's told. Macbeth ignores the fact that the witches can be very tricky with their cryptic messages. After he's told the prophecy, he goes off to tell his wife about it. He is then influenced by his wife who makes a plan to usurp the king. Although his conscience knows murdering the king and and others is wrong, he commits his crimes anyway because of his wife's influence on him. Too add on, the play goes on to say, he went to visit the witches. He is very concerned and paranoid about those plotting to take his position as king away from him. They witches tell him "...none of woman born, shall harm Macbeth." Macbeth once again ignores any possible half-truths from them, and is instead overjoyed and relieved. He feels invincible, and his ambition leads him to be cocky that he will live long. The witches have Macbeth wrapped around their pinkies, because he trusts them. They're manipulating him and his ambition is clouding his judgement. They know how set his heart was about

The character Macbeth, in the Shakespearean play The Tragedy of Macbeth, gives the audience much to cringe about. A seemingly good and virtuous noble turns into a murderous power-thirsty tyrant. However, the change runs deeper than that. The transformation of Macbeth shows the disintegration of a human as he gives into the forces pressing on him.

With Shakespeare’s Macbeth play, Macbeth himself is a man who has fallen from grace and has been corrupted by the notion of wanting to have total control and power over Scotland and its people. During the process, however, he loses who he once was, and gets what comes to him at the end of the play. With this in mind, the acquiring of self-fulfillment is something that can lead to getting it at all costs, with the inclusion of tunnel vision, greed, and the illusion of happiness.