Q: Who is most responsible for the death of King Duncan? (Acts I and II).

There are certain times in life when a person commits an action not entirely of his own accord but under the influence of others. Through this person's weakness of will, and vaulting ambition is this action performed. However this guiding force only focuses upon urges already present in that person's mind, such as ambition, whereby it is still the person who is to be blamed, not the guiding force itself. In Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, it becomes clear that Macbeth is most responsible for the death of King Duncan. Macbeth's actions were carried out of his own volition, although the Three Witches and Lady Macbeth helped already-present seeds of evil to grow, which in turn allowed him to succumb to their evil ways. Driven by his own greed, once Macbeth realized that he had a chance of becoming king, he didn't let anything or anyone stand in his way. Simplistically, Macbeth's own gullibility and vaulting ambition led him to murder King Duncan.

Throughout Acts I and II, Macbeth is constantly reminded of the influence the three witches and Lady Macbeth have embedded upon him. In Act One Scene Three, when

Shakespeare is a master playwright who creates the ingenious personalities of well thought out characters through noticeable traits, social positions, motives for decisions, and overall characteristics such as these with Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and The Three Witches. Through Macbeth's overall gullibility and vaulting ambition, it becomes noticeable that Macbeth is the most responsible for the death of King Duncan.

1st Witch "All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis!"

3rd Witch "All hail, Macbeth! that shall be king hereafter."

Macbeth encounters The Three Witches for the first time and orders them to speak, they reply (lines 48-50),

It is the last two lines of these statements that first spur his opinions on issues beyond his own doings. This is where Macbeth starts to consider taking that which is not his. However, no connection of the witches' dialogue with Macbeth to any of his own actions was even hinted by the witches; meaning they didn't give him any instructions on anything to do in order to make these goals become reality. In Act I Scene III lines 141-143, Macbeth, to himself says: "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir." This indicates that he will leave whether he will be crowned king or not, up to fate, and that he, himself, will provide no interference. Then, in Act I Scene IV when Duncan dec

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