FREE ESSAY ON THE DOWNFALL OF MACBETH

THE DOWNFALL OF MACBETH

THE DOWNFALL OF MACBETH
In Macbeth there were a few factors that contributed to the degeneration of the Macbeth
character. There were three factors that destroyed Macbeth. The main force that was
predominately responsible for the downfall of Macbeth was his single flaw. Which was his
own ambition. Even though his ambition brought him to his height of power, it was also
what led him to his downfall. During the play Macbeth's ambition brought him to achieve
his goals but as the play evolves, it forced him to face his fate. Macbeth had become so
obsessed with becoming King, and remaining powerful, that he became a completely
different man. His ambition led him to become greedy, violent, power hunger, and a
murder. An example of his new character occurred when he killed King Duncan. After the
first murder, killing seemed to be the only solution to keep his reign over the people of
Scotland. It was because of these killings and his overbearing ambition that caused him
to be overthrown and kill himself. 
Another force was the prophecies which were told by the witches. If it had not been for
the witches telling Macbeth that he was going to be Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Glanis, and
King of Scotland, he would still be is ordinary self. After the witches shared these
prophecies with Macbeth he started thinking of ways he could become king.
The other influential factor that destroyed Macbeth was his wife Lady Macbeth. In the
play Lady Macbeth was going to kill King Duncan, but she just could not do it. Although
she then provided a scheme which caused Macbeth to kill King Duncan. After the first
murder, Macbeth seemed to come to the solution that killing was the way. Therefore Lady
Macbeth was the one who introduced the concept of murder to Macbeth, which was another
reason why Macbeth was destroyed.