Of all the failures human beings experience none are as crushing as those that are a result of following someone else’s desires. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the protagonist self-destructs because of his external forces as well as his own poor choices. An external force that influenced Macbeth includes Lady Macbeth’s strong goals, which she forced on her husband. Additionally, the witches impacted Macbeth’s choices by offering him their tricky prophecies. The blind greed that took over Macbeth’s life also impacted his choices. Macbeth’s failures are the direct result of the poor choices he makes when influenced by outside forces. The external influences of Lady Macbeth’s forcefulness, the witches’ prophecies, and his own blind greed conspired to ruin him. This demonstrates that people can be easily manipulated into self-depriving choices. Macbeth’s first failure occurred when the witches influenced him with their prophecy. The first thing the witches told Macbeth is that he will end up being king of Scotland. “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king …show more content…
Lady Macbeth plans to invite king Duncan over for dinner, but really she is convincing Macbeth to murder him. She influences him to kill Duncan because he is the only one standing in the way of Macbeth becoming king. Lady Macbeth plans the killing but convinces Macbeth to do the dirty deed. Lastly, Lady Macbeth is one of the causes of Macbeth’s failure because she repeatedly questions Macbeth’s manhood until she persuades him to make a bad choice. “When you durst do it then you were a man” (1.7.53-58). Lady Macbeth uses the tactic of belittling him about his manhood. Implying that he is not a man unless he does what she asks. She offers him to ease the burden of this crime. Not only does Lady Macbeth and the witches have an impact on Macbeth, he also is the last one to accept his poor choices he will make to lead him to the failure he
“ Pulling someone down will never help you reach the top”. This quote plays a massive roll in the play Macbeth. Throughout this play numerous characters reveal their true colors. This play is filled with ambitious and ruthless characters that are also bullies. In “ The Tragedy of Macbeth” Lady Macbeth is more of a bully than anyone.
Lady Macbeth is the next reason for Macbeth’s actions because without her support of encouraging him to kill Duncan, Macbeth would have have never had the strength to kill and destroy to major extremes. And lastly, Macbeth was selfish, and for these factors it make him turn evil and twisted. If it wasn’t for the witches influences and telling the future, then Macbeth would
As a result, her desire for power allows her to be stronger, more remorseless, and more driven than Macbeth. In fact, she is fully aware of this when she declares that Macbeth is "Art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it. (Shakespeare, trans. 2012, 1.5.19-20). This is why Lady Macbeth acts not only as Macbeth 's confidant, but also his controller. Consumed by her desire to become Queen, Lady Macbeth herself plots the murder of Duncan and when Macbeth questions the idea of regicide, she manipulates him with her powerful soliloquies.
Macbeth was told by the three witches, that he would become king; as seen in line 51. “All hail, Macbeth that shalt be King hereafter!” (I.i.52). After he was told that by the three witches, he knew something had to be done. In lines
The witches (or "weird sisters" as they are frequently called) are in charge of imparting the thought to Macbeth that he would soon get to be king of Scotland, yet at last, it's Macbeth's choice to succumb to and make this thought happen. As a consequence of this thought, Macbeth's interest of how he could get to be ruler of Scotland becomes an integral factor. One can think about whether Macbeth ever had a possibility of doing what was directly after he met with the witches. As the play advances, Macbeth gradually
In Macbeth, originally written by William Shakespeare in the 16th century, masculinity is a reoccurring theme within the play. Shakespeare tells the story of a man who’s ambition overpowers his loyal qualities and later causes him to fall as a leader. Throughout the play, Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, both question what it is to be a man and to the extent that masculinity determines success. Shakespeare shows the progression of Macbeth from innocent thane a power hungry and evil leader who is willing to annihilate anything that gets into his way of the throne. In Macbeth, In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth assumes stereotypical masculine qualities in order to control Macbeth’s rise to power in Scotland, this leads to Macbeth conforming to the
In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the protagonist, Macbeth, undergoes several instances where outside forces sway his judgement and virtues. It is evident that these factors play a heavy role in Macbeth’s life for these urge him to commit the unthinkable crime, which is to assassinate the king. This then leads to the
In Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth, Macbeth was a victim of both free will and fate. One was not more predominant than the other. It seemed as if Macbeth was just following his destiny at first, but he had a chance to change his fate. It was his lust for power that leads him to doom through his own free will.
Reagan Gibson Mrs. Dean Literature 04 January 2017 Lady Macbeth and Mean Girls: Two Generations of Cruel Women Lady Macbeth and Mean Girls… what is similar? Are these two related in any way? Do the two have anything in common at all? Lady Macbeth is an important character in Shakespeare ’s play Macbeth.
In the Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the element that predominantly caused Macbeth’s downfall was his own ambition, because it compelled
In the beginning, Lady Macbeth accepts Macbeth’s evil rise and pushes him even further by going against humanity (Ribner 8). Generally, women are a symbol of life and nourishment, but Lady Macbeth is the opposite. She is unnatural and wants to put aside her femininity to appear stronger (Ribner 9). Lady Macbeth destroys her feminine side because she views it as weak, dependent, not capable of violent actions, and a cause for victimization (Asp 5). The relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth starts out as an equal partnership, but as the play goes on, they grow distant and die alone (Ribner 13).
EXAMINE HOW MACBETH’S ACTIONS LED TO HIS OWN DOWNFALL Throughout Shakespeare’s Macbeth it becomes evident that Macbeth’s demise as the tragic hero occurs as a consequence of his own actions. Macbeth examines themes of overarching ambition, changing and controlling fate, and disruptions in the natural order. These ideas are exemplified through Macbeth’s characterisation as the tragic hero, through the emphasis that is placed upon his hamartia and through the evidence of his attempts to change his fate.
Through the tragic play Macbeth, William Shakespeare depicts that unchecked ambition unsupported with effort will lead to nothing but detrimental outcomes. More specifically, Macbeth's “vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself” ended up being a larger hinderance than advantage, single handedly leading to the demise of himself and the demise of others around him. Macbeth's ambition was the cause of death of many people that surrounded him. The first to die to because of Macbeth's ambition was the king.
The witches played a colossal role in Macbeth’s downfall and ultimately, his death. Since the first part of the prophecy stated Macbeth as being the new Thane of Cawdor, he believed he could continue to become king as well. In knowing his prediction, Macbeth also realized that since the king was in good health, so he would have to kill the king himself. For the rest of his prophecy to come true he would have to kill the king for himself. “All hail, Macbeth that shalt be king hereafter!”
In the play, Macbeth, Macbeth’s poor choices combined with ambition and lack of character led to tragic consequences. Macbeth’s choices have a significant negative effect on several characters’ well - being in the story. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth want to have the throne of Scotland for their own separate, selfish intents with little regard of the consequences. There is a dividing crowd of readers who either believe Lady Macbeth’s effect on Macbeth created a “sinful monster”, who can’t stop killing and doing whatever it takes to have the Scottish kingdom’s throne, or believe that the whole predicament was Macbeth’s own doing. Macbeth’s fear of fear was his downfall.