Macbeth, Guilty for his own Do
Every man is responsible for his own destiny. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, this is particularly true, as it was by his own actions that Macbeth brought about his downfall. Macbeth's ambition to be King sets himself upon the path to his downfall. By being paranoid and suspicious because of his guilt he followed the path. Also, by failing to realizing the warning signs and acting accordingly he came to the end of the path, his death. Macbeth's ambition is a main factor in his downfall. After the witches tell him he is to become King his ambition corrupts him immediately, "Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear things that seem so fair?" says Banquo, who misunderstands Macbeth's hesitation for fear when it is actually a show of his ambition taking over. Macbeth's ambition was so strong that he had to act on it by Killing Duncan, which leads several characters to question their loyalty towards Macbeth. Macduff is the first to suspect Macbeth for killing Duncan after Macbeth kills the attendants and Macdu
Macbeth's inability to realize the threats against him, his paranoia and suspension of others, and his ambition that lead others to distrust him and him to think irrationally, all lead to his downfall. And so Macbeth is guilty for his own downfall. Shakespeare leads us to hate Macbeth when he slaughters an innocent family, and leads us to pity Macbeth when he realizes his downfall, which he himself is responsible. ff asks, "Wherefor did you so?" This suspension leads Macduff to "pray the holy king, upon his aid to wake Northumberland and war-like Siward" and raise a rebellion against Macbeth. This leads to Macbeth's death at the hands of Macduff. Macbeth caught up in his own world and fails to realize the warning signs of his downfall. After Macbeth is told to beware of Macduff he is told that he cannot be defeated until "Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come", Macbeth misinterprets this which leads him into a false sense of security and so instead of preparing for the approaching ar
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