possibility of gaining power because of their ‘prophecy’, the witches knew that more and more fatal faults could start slipping into his mind, convincing him even more to commit the act. As the idea fermented in his mind, the small trials in his life began to be too much for him to overcome. He was already seriously considering committing the act when his wife called him a weak man and a women. With his brain already bending to the pressure he did not have the humility or capacity of character to take the insult so it drove him closer to the deed. When Macbeth said “Oh, full of scorpions is my mind” (3.2:41) it showed that he was beginning to see the fatality of what could come from his own brain. Not only his pride but also his selfishness …show more content…
Because he did not originally turn away from the temptation as Banquo did, seeing it for its true evil, Macbeth began to fall to the temptation as he continued to contemplate it; soon enough he was buried in his new found weaknesses, unable to any hope for restoration to his previous …show more content…
Macbeth began by first paying heed to temptations just as King David did. He did not immediately look away when he accidentally looked upon Bathsheba bathing on her roof and “inquired after the woman” (2 Sam. 11.3) just as Macbeth inquired after and thought upon how he could fulfill what he thought was his fate. They both were good men of stand up character but did not turn away from temptation when it was placed before them, so tangible and so close to their grasp. This mere second contemplation of wrongdoing drove both of them to much worse actions. Macbeth had all he could ask for as Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, leader of the army, and subject to a king that favored him above many others. Besides being King, he had all he could ask for! King David had everything he could possibly even need, as many wives as he could want, with a God that favored him because of his great righteousness. As they continued to think about the acts that went against their morals, it eventually led them to commit them. King David turned against his God when he called upon Bathsheba and committed adultery and later murder just as Macbeth embraced the ideas he knew were corrupt and turned against his king and kingsmen. This however was not the end for either; they continued to spiral in selfishness to a point where they forgot what they ever had stood for. King David killed Uriah to make his actions seem more acceptable to