Causes Of Macbeth's Downfall

Macbeth’s Downfall Macbeth by William Shakespear is a story about a man named Macbeth whose prophecies are told to him and his life changes. Macbeth was a general in the army, he and his best friend Banquo pass by witches and they tell them their future, they did not believe the witches until one of the prophecies came true. Macbeth becomes irrational and starts killing people so that the prophecies come true. The witches' prophecies only steered Macbeth into a direction, but Macbeth is the only person who can decide his own future. The first thing he did was kill the king himself. Then, Macbeth became irrational and emotional. Lastly, Macbeth acts made him many enemies which ultimately led him to his own death.
First, the witches informed

He creates many enemies for himself during this time. Macduff was acquaintance’s with Macbeth and did not mind him at first, but then he became suspicious of Macbeth when Macbeth started acting weird. Macbeth realized that Macduff was suspicious of him and was no longer on his side which meant Macduff was one of Macbeth's enemies. When Macbeth realized that Macduff was not on his side, he wanted him dead, but he could not kill him because Macduff was not in the country. Instead of killing Macduff, Macbeth decided to kill his family including his children. Macduff is in England when he is given the news that his family had been murdered, “Your castle is surprised, your wife and babes savagely slaughtered. To relate the manner were on the quarry of these murdered deer to add the death of you” (4.3.140-143). When Macbeth ordered for Macduff's family to be killed, he chose his own fate. Macduff was enraged when he heard the news and could not wait to invade Scotland and fight with Macbeth. The witches could only tell Macbeth certain things, but it was up to Macbeth to interpret these messages that they were telling him and choose how he should act based on this. So when the witches tell Macbeth to “beware Macduff” (4.1.82). Macbeth took what they said and chose himself that Macduff needed to feel inferior to him, he thought the best way of doing this was by killing Macduff's family. Macbeth's way of handling things led him to his death, “He tries to cope with his crisis by wholeheartedly embracing the arrogant-vindictive solution, but he cannot really do so, and the result is despair” (Bargains with Fate: The Case of Macbeth). This shows that Macbeth did not know how to handle his emotions and thought if he was ruthless and killed everyone he holds a grudge with or does not trust, he would feel