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Macbeth Fate Quotes

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Macbeth is made king for a while and is able to believe that fate is with him, but it is very brief and he never seemed to be happy or at ease. In the end, all of the witches prophesies, which were at first beneficial towards Macbeth start to go sour and turn into nightmare of which Macbeth was not expecting. Instead of success and respect, Macbeth has to face a “way of life [that] is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf,” which means it is beginning to fall apart and die (V.3.24-25). Macbeth also expresses excessive pride, also know as hubris. In the quote “Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see,” Macbeth himself admits his …show more content…

Macbeth is mainly driven to kill Duncan because of his hubris, he had it in his mind that the throne was righteously his and that he alone deserved it. Macbeth also accepts that it was mainly his “vaulting ambition” that persuaded him to murder Duncan (I.7.27). In the end, Macbeth’s fate seems to be justified and fitting, but in a sense can still be viewed as greater than he deserved. The actions that Macbeth took weren’t decided by him alone, he was greatly persuaded by Lady Macbeth and tricked into it was the witches. Without the other external pressure, it possible that he wouldn’t have gone through it because of his honor and sense of loyalty. Macbeth also shows some remorse over killing Duncan in the quote "I’m afraid to think on what I’ve done; look on't again, I dare not….wake Duncan with thy knocking, I wish thou couldst," (II.2.52-53.75-76). Unfortunately at this point, remorse is much too late and Macbeth is stuck on the path he has been lead down. In the end a tragic hero must die a tragic death, but only once they have fallen from great heights and have made irreversible mistakes. A tragic hero also courageously accepts their death with honor as well as recognizes their own faults which have lead them to this

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