Who Is Responsible For Macbeth's Downfall

When confronted by the Weïrd Sisters for the first time, both Macbeth and Banquo are given

In the beginning of the play, the corrupting force of power emerges when Macbeth is transfixed by the prophecies of the weird sisters, dubious fates who delight in meddling in the affairs of man. They tempt

Lady Macbeth and her Ruthlessness In life there are different ways people go about to achieve things, some get help from others, some do it on their own, and then there's some people who desire what they want so badly but have no ambition. In the play Macbeth, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both have a goal to get Duncan out of his throne so Macbeth becomes the Thane of Cawdor, and they ended up with a plan to kill Duncan. In the first two acts in Macbeth, Lady Macbeth shows more ruthlessness than her husband, and this is why Duncan's murder succeeded.

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.

When Lady Macbeth is first planning a way to make Macbeth king, she knows that he is still too kind to act upon his ambitions, so she decides to take matters into her own hands. Lady Macbeth throws aside morals and kindness, instead becoming a cruel and cold-hearted person as a result of her thirst for power. When the time for Duncan’s murder to take place arrives and Macbeth does not follow the plan, Lady Macbeth smears the guards’ with blood herself. An act such as this she could carry out, but not the murder itself, which is explained in the quote, “Had he not resembled/ My father as he slept, I had done ‘t. (2.1.12-13)” In Act 1, Lady Macbeth had seemingly stripped herself of any remorse or doubt that may interfere with the murder, but

On first meeting the ‘weird sisters’ Banquo warned Macbeth that “oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray us / In deepest consequence.” This deception and betrayal by the witches towards

Lady Macbeth, the Weird Sisters, and Macbeth shape his ambition, exploiting his desire for validation and power, leading him to become increasingly dependent on others’ opinions of himself, leading to his demise. Shakespeare takes the internal and external forces, then uses them to continuously test Macbeth’s sanity by altering his character through contradicting moral

Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare during the 17th century, demonstrated the idea that other characters were responsible for Macbeth’s downfall. Macbeth, once an honorable and courageous warrior was transformed into a vain and ruthless dictator, who encountered a transformation that brought him not only the crown, but his death as well. This transformation, started by three influencing factors which included: the Three Witches, Lady Macbeth, and Macduff, manipulated Macbeth into committing acts of treason and murder. Although it was Macbeth, who was to blame for his actions, it was because of these three characters who greatly promoted him to complete those crimes.

Macbeth encounters many influences; Lady Macbeth is the main influence on Macbeth and the one to blame for his downfall. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Macbeth also brings himself down by his own ambitions. Lady Macbeth becomes more confident and supportive of the plan on killing Duncan than Macbeth. Duncan reminds Lady Macbeth of her father, making the killing of Duncan more significant to Lady Macbeth’s life. The preeminent reason for Macbeth’s downfall is the questioning of Macbeth's manhood. Lady Macbeth begins to realize that Macbeth is reappraising his thoughts of killing Duncan; therefore, giving Lady Macbeth the opportunity of questioning. Lady Macbeth does whatever she can to cover up any misconduct, for example, telling

It is easier to assuage your own guilt by blaming your downfalls on another individual, unlike Macbeth. Macbeth rarely ever placed the reason for his downfall on his wife, when it was her who was the main cause of his subsequent demise. Although Macbeth’s power-hungry and tenebrous nature becomes the key factor in his downfall, Lady Macbeth initiates these ambitions by causing him to act on his own reluctant, lurid thoughts, killing off every individual who tries to obstruct his pathway in gaining the thrown. This overbearing behavior was not present in the very beginning of the play though; Macbeth was a very chivalrous man with hero-like characteristics that were respected by all of his countrymen and other peers. Evil

Power, like a drug, feels wonderful and is enticing. It makes a person desire it; controlling their every move. In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, power overcomes Macbeth to the point where it becomes his one and only desire; letting it dictate his every decision. When the three witches told Macbeth his fate, it was his own decision to believe them. It was his own decision to act the way he did. By trying to master fate through his need for power, he brought himself to destruction. Macbeth’s lust for power leads him to attempt to control his own fate, which through his own free will and actions causes his downfall.

When given the predictions by the three magical women, his greed sees the opportunity for the crown and takes it. When Macbeth and Banquo, a fellow thane, first encounter the Weird Sisters, they are shocked by their appearance, but when they give Macbeth their prophecies of his future he is rapt with the information. Banquo sees the dazed look on the Thane of Glamis’s face and wonders why does Macbeth “start and seem to fear / things that do sound so fair? ” (I.iii.54-55). Macbeth, traveling with Banquo, meets with the Weird Sisters on the Scottish countryside.

Throughout the play, the three witches “weird sisters” have dark thoughts and have a senseless temptation to evil. They continue to provide Macbeth with believable prophecies to see the final outcome. They do not force Macbeth how to act, instead, they planted ideas of the what it is like if and what will happen if he would follow the prophecies given.

The prophetic words of the three witches: “Fair is foul and foul is fair,” resonate throughout William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and are especially apropos to Macbeth’s own actions. However, Macbeth’s slide to debauchery is not caused solely by the ‘instruments of darkness,’ Lady Macbeth’s role is also pivotal in determining Macbeth’s actions. Furthermore, Macbeth’s innate ambition fuels his immoral deeds. While the ‘weird sisters’ provide the spark which lights this ambition, Lady Macbeth’s incitive comments and Macbeth’s inbred ambition are equally responsible for Macbeth’s course of action. The witches’ prophecy sparked a previously undetected ambition in Macbeth, and, through the medium of ‘fate,’ lured Macbeth into a dismal spiral to his demise.

Lady Macbeth is an insidious and complex character. Throughout the course of the novel, she manipulates her husband, Macbeth, and spurs him to commit his first murder in order for him to ultimately achieve what she believes he deserves. Lady Macbeth is shown to the audience as a loyal wife who wants the best for his husband, but at the same time, she is portrayed as a malicious character from the very beginning of the play. The line between an evil human being, and a scheming witch, is so fine that Lady Macbeth could easily be either. The fact that the three Weird Sisters’ predictions would not have become true without the supreme influence of Lady Macbeth provokes the thought that, perhaps Lady Macbeth is more than an anti-mother and a