I have chosen to write my essay about the
cause of Macbeth's downfall.
I believe Macbeth
had an immense build up of hatred inside him waiting to
be released. I will discuss the possible factors that
could have placed
the final straw
on the camel's back and lead to the releasing of brave
soldier Macbeth's
bloodthirst, and why he committed the acts he did.
The first suspects are the witches. After all it was their voices
that implanted
the thoughts into Macbeth's head that he would be king.
When Macbeth
heard this, he figured that no matter what he did he would
become the
king. After hearing King Duncan's desire
to have Malcom carry
on the throne,
Macbeth quickly lost faith that he could achieve the throne
without doing
anything, so he took it upon himself to make things happen.
After killing
Duncan he feared Banquo for his knowledge of the witches
prophecies and had
him killed as well. Macbeth seemed to be
losing himself
after Duncan's
death due to his obsession with the witches prophecies, so
in turn, the
witches could be partly responsible for Macbeth's downfall.
Lady Macbeth can also be held accountable
for Macbeth's decline of
sanity and
power. Although it didn't take much, her
persuasion lead to the
killing of
Duncan. She wanted Macbeth to take the
rank of king as much as
he did. Pressure from his spouse added on to all the
other pressures from
the prophecies,
also helped tempt Macbeth to murder. Not
only did her
doings contribute
to Macbeth's turmoil, but it also lead herself to become
mad.
The character most guilty of Macbeth's
physical downfall would have to
be Macduff. He was the one that actually removed
Macbeth's head from his
spine. Also when Macduff left, Macbeth became more
ensnarled by his anger
and responded by
prooving himself a cold hearted savage when he had
Macduff's
innocent wife and children slaughtered.
Out of all the external elements that
affected Macbeth's downward
spiral, I believe
Macbeth himself was the most to blame.
It was his weak
conscience that
was so easily molded. He always had a
choice as to what he
would do, and
more often then not he chose the wrong path.
In the end it
all caught up to
him, and it was only then that he realized that the
witches had
gotten the best of him. His greed and
his selfishness was
easily worked on
by the witches until he forgot he needed to stop and think
for himself. In my opinion, Macbeth's soul was already
bad, and it was
only helped to
escape by the other contributors. I
think too much violence
through Macbeth's
live desensitized him to the value of human life, (similar
to modern day
prime time television) and Macbeth's downfall was the price
he was destined
to pay.
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