Macbeth's true weaknesses Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare that follows the journey of Macbeth and his path to becoming a strong king. Macbeth develops his character throughout the play by going through situations that change his state of mind. Macbeth is a soldier and is known for being strong and ruthless on the battlefield. Macbeth is a strong willed character but can be easily manipulated and controlled by his emotions like greed, anger, and regret leading to actions that cause his downfall. Firstly, Macbeth's greed causes him to act spontaneously in the moment, which leads into a situation that's not ideal for him. Macbeth has a conversation with three witches and they each call him by a different name. First they call him …show more content…
49. They call him "the king hereafter"(Shakespeare 1.3). 50). The syllable of the syllable. After hearing this, Macbeth fills himself with greed and does anything to make himself stronger and richer because he wants to become the king like the witches said. Greed can lead to one never being satisfied and can eventually lead to being alone and sad like Macbeth, after he got everything he wanted he just felt unfulfilled. All together, Macbeth is full of greed and ambition that causes him to lose control of his will and lose what was truly important to him. Secondly, Macbeth's anger led him to kill people he didn't want to like, the guards. Anger is a mixture of feelings of sadness and having a feeling of fear towards something and not being able to get rid of it. Macbeth shows anger in many ways, but the easiest to catch is when he kills the guards. Macbeth says, “Yeah, yet I do repent of my fury” (Shakespeare 2.3). 103-104a. See also 103-104a. Macbeth was in a rage and killed the guards after he lost control of his feelings, causing him to regret this later on. Macbeth also said, “While I threaten he lives” (Shakespeare 2.1). 61). The aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid