Macbeth is the Shakespearean play that features the triumphant uprise and the inevitable downfall of its main character. In this play, Macbeth’s downfall can be considered to be the loss of his moral integrity and this is achieved by ambition, despite this, Lady Macbeth and the witches work through his ambition, furthering to assist his inevitable ruin. Ambition alone is the most significant factor that led to Macbeth’s downfall. The witches are only able to influence his actions through Macbeth’s pre-existing and the three witches see that Macbeth has ambition and uses it to control his action. Ambition alone is displayed throughout the play to be the most significant cause for Macbeth’s downfall.
In play Macbeth, Shakespeare reveals that an individual’s great desire for power will lead him/her to perform consequential deeds that will scar his/her conscience and change the outcome of his/her life eternally. Macbeth is informed by three witches that he is going to become king and this initiates Macbeth’s thought of becoming powerful. Macbeth doesn’t act on his thoughts until he tells his wife, Lady Macbeth, that he could become king. Lady Macbeth is extremely power hungry and does all she can to convince Macbeth to be just as desirable as her. Together, they come up with a plan to murder King Duncan, so that Macbeth can become king like the witches foretold.
As a result of these prophecies, Macbeth murders the king to obtain his position. This act causes lots of guilt within Macbeth for the rest of the story. Through the character, Macbeth, Shakespeare uses guilt to demonstrate that the consequences of committing immoral actions
In the novel Macbeth by William Shakespeare power hunger causes moral corruption throughout several of the main characters. The main character hears a prophecy of him become king, this cause his wife to convince him to kill for it. Macbeth kills the king, guards and becomes king. Treason is expected by many and as Lady Macbeth goes crazy an army is formed, and Macbeth is killed. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have selfish desires to have power which leads them into corruption and their ultimate deaths.
In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses characterization and betrayal to display how too much greed and ambition can consume the greedy. Shakespeare shows us through characterization of Macbeth that he is simply too ambitious, and his ambition causes him to resorts to murder to get and keep the throne. The witches give Macbeth the prophecy that he will become
Macbeth, by Shakespeare, is a play about a Scottish lord whose life is turned upside down when he is told that he will become king. He is overcome by a desire for power. His ambition leads him through a series of actions that question his morality, but his selfishness is a reflection of humanity. Ambition, which seems like a harmless and even admirable trait, takes a dark turn that all humans are familiar with. This play is a representation of how a good trait can become a fault if one is to let it overcome them.
Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth, analyzes the tragic downfall of a man who pursued his prophecy given to him by three witches, and suffered the downfall because of it. Told his power was inevitable, Macbeth explores the idea of murdering the King to achieve his goal of becoming King himself. Macbeth continually faces this, contemplating the moral issue of committing murder to in turn, fulfill his powerful destiny. While facing this internal conflict, Lady Macbeth developes an influence over Macbeth as well. Driven by her own desire to be Queen, Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to commit the murder, by challenging his manhood and often reminding him that it is, in fact, his destiny.
Shakespeare’s story Macbeth is a play that contains guilt, pleasure, and manipulation. The character Macbeth was always loyal to his king that he had served, King Duncan, until Macbeth’s wife Lady Macbeth manipulated him into killing his king that he has been so loyal to. Macbeth thought that it was absurd to think that way, but she made it possible to make him think that it is a good idea to get him what he wanted, to be king. Macbeth made a deal with three witches to that he could become king if he completed his three prophecies, they gave him. He completed the job of murdering the king and has become king, but he was reminded of something, that his friend Banquo were still here and that he also made a deal with the witches to make his son
Macbeth would long for control and power over everyone, he believes that he deserves the throne for all that he has done for the country of Scotland. Once the witches inform him about becoming king he would start to imagine himself being the king and would then do anything to try to achieve that goal. Once Lady Macbeth also finds out about the witches prophecy, she and Macbeth would plan to kill the king in order for her to be queen, Lady Macbeth
At the beginning of William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ the protagonist Macbeth is described as ‘brave’, ‘noble’ and ‘honourable’, however Lady Macbeth’s and Macbeths desire for power consumes them. Macbeth’s ambition overrides his conscience and transformed his greatest strength into his greatest weakness. Macbeth’s inability to resist temptations that led him to be greedy for power, Macbeth’s easily manipulative nature which allowed his mind to be swayed, Macbeth having no self control and his excessive pride was what allowed him to renew his previously honourable and celebrated title into one of an evil ‘tyrant’. Macbeth is led by the prophecies of the witches after they foretell he will become the Thane of Cawdor. Not only the witches, but also his wife easily manipulate Macbeth as she attacks his manhood in order to provoke him to act on his desires.
Macbeth is not as ambitious at the beginning of the play. The beginning of the play shows that Macbeth is actually more of a hero, and a well honored person, other than a “bad” person. “For brave MacBeth- well he deserves that name” shows that he was respected and it showed how the other characters in the play feel towards him.
Throughout history many leaders have had large amounts of power that eventually led to their fall because of poor decisions that were influenced by others. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the main character, Macbeth is a nobleman to King Duncan. During this play Macbeth has a chance to take the place of King Duncan. When Macbeth’s wife Lady Macbeth finds out she soon gets involved in immoral ways. Shakespeare is trying to show that people that have a chance at power can be manipulated into doing wrong things by those around them causing their downfall.
In Macbeth, the central protagonist, Macbeth, undergoes a drastic transformation from accomplished warrior to power hungry dictator with countless instances of bloodshed left in his wake ; Macbeth’s greed as well as the urges brought on by those around him lead Macbeth down a treacherous and destructive path to power. Macbeth’s journey to power begins with a urge to murder Duncan in order to become the kind of Scotland, Macbeth states, “Let not light see my black and deep desires.” (1.IV.58) Although Macbeth commits this murder himself and seeks it for personal gain, this murder would not have been committed without his wife exerting pressure on him to commit the crime.
In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Shakespeare presents power through the main character’s objective, to become the ruler. Macbeth looks forward to his ‘rise’ as king but instead, he wants as much control as he conceivably can and this eventually leads to his downfall. He listens to the prediction of the witches and gets to be so fixated on satisfying the prediction since it states that he will inevitably get to be a ruler. Having this information, Macbeth goes out of his way to constrain the prediction to come genuine. Shakespeare showed Macbeth as a power-hungry person who goes on to commit violent and treasonous acts because of his desires.
When leaders have power and ambition, history has proven that it can lead to great disaster. This fact is explored throughout Shakespeare's bloodiest play, “Macbeth”. The tragic hero is Macbeth, who was at first, a loyal and strong soldier. His character changes dramatically once his wife, Lady Macbeth, convinces him to murder the king and become it. After this point in time, he changes from a loyal soldier to a tyrant king, killing many of his friends in order to stay king.
