Macbeth's belief in the three witches and evil were the main causes of his destruction. The three old women stir up an evil pensiveness by persuading Macbeth to become King. For Macbeth to become King, he must slay his cousin, Duncan. In Act I, scene IV, lines 144-145 Macbeth contemplates murdering Duncan, "If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me, without my stir." Furthermore, the witches boosted his aspirations, "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter" (I.3.50). Also the evil sisters cause Macbeth to change his life. Macbeth's ambition converts the blessings of nature into a curse when he becomes King Macbeth as a result of the murder he committed (Bloom 166). The curse supports his tragic flaw because of his, "foolish wish of ambition" (Ludowyk 55). However, after killing Duncan he realizes, "What's done cannot be undone" (2.2.

"The play Macbeth was the culmination of a long development of tragic writing on the theme of the rise and fall of an ambitious prince, but it transcends all that preceded it in the subtlety and profundity with which the nature of ambition"(Swisher, 42). As described, Macbeth creates many self-deceptions and hallucinations with his feelings of remorse for the murders he committed and the other unlawful things he did. The hallucinations cause him mental torture and temptation to try for further ambitions. He begins to feel secure after committing the horrible crimes he authorized and ended up losing all of his ambitions. William Shakespeare also had a hand in Macbeth's tragic flaw. As the playwright, he created Macbeth to be the ambitious prince who tried to succumb fate, but had his ambitions become his downfall. "Ambition, in its inherent opposition to heredity and the established order, thus becomes the enemy of all life, especially that of the ambitious man himself" (Watson, 134).

At the same time, mental torture allows Macbeth to succumb to temptation and assists in his demise. When Macbeth becomes King, he lives in Dunsinane Castle, one of the prizes of his ambition, but he has to live with the constant remembrance that he murdered Duncan. "Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does

Some common words found in the essay are:
Macbeth King, Consequently Macbeth, William Shakespeare, Duncan Act, King Macbeth, William Shakespeare's, Kings Banquo's, Duncan Macbeth, Act II, Lady Macbeth, tragic flaw, ambitious prince, macbeth king, king macbeth, mental torture, macbeth's tragic flaw, shakespeare hand, succumb temptation, william shakespeare, lady macbeth, crimes committed, tragic flaw macbeth's, hand macbeth's tragic, william shakespeare hand, shakespeare hand macbeth's,
Approximate Word count = 887
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)