Responsibility Of Banquo's Downfall In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

In the play "Macbeth," Macbeth is mainly responsible for his own demise, with Lady Macbeth and the three witches sharing some of the guilt. Since we witness Lady Macbeth and the three witches influencing Macbeth because of his intrinsic propensity to succumbing to the influences of others. The genre of tragedy is a main theme while exploring the responsibility of Macbeth’s downfall as it was never Macbeth’s fault that the witched entered his life and left him delusional but because they did, it influenced Macbeth into doing awful things, also relating his own hamartia. In the play, when Macbeth sees the three witches with Banquo, you will witness the brave soldier on the battlefield change into a soldier who is giving in to evil forces starting

"Good gentleman, why do you begin and appear to be afraid of/ Things that appear to be so fair?" Banquo asks, noticing Macbeth's rapid alteration. He doesn't seem to understand why Macbeth should be afraid, given the prophesies of all three witches appear to be true and good. While Banquo acts nonchalant by the witches, Macbeth is terrified by the third prophesy of the witches; Banquo serves as Macbeth's foil because of the way he deals with a situation that foreshadows who will rule in the near future. We must assume that when Macbeth analyzes the options, he will have to make in order to fulfill the 'fair' prophecies, he feels he will have to commit awful sins. Macbeth endorses this viewpoint when he asks whether the witches vanished "into thin air." This might be interpreted as Macbeth's allegiance to the king having disappeared into thin air, implying that everything he considered to be true has dissipated. This causes Macbeth to be deeply troubled by the witches' remarks, and he appears unconcerned about what Banquo says. As a result, we can see that he will always be drawn to evil influences such as the witches above good ones, such as Banquo's, causing him to be responsible for his own demise. Shakespeare felt compelled to include witches because it demonstrates that anybody who engages in witchcraft will only harm the people of the

"Is this a dagger I see before me?" Macbeth asks in Act 2 Scene 1. He is hallucinating and sees a bloodied dagger in the air, which is his weapon of choice for assassinating the King. This dramatic device conveys Macbeth's sense of guilt. His head is filled with evil thoughts, visions of blood and the fear of the unknown torture him. Surprisingly, although we may assume that the supernatural is simply a psychological force that influences and opposes Macbeth throughout the play, many people during James' reign took witches and the supernatural quite seriously. As a result, Macbeth's relationship with the supernatural would have been far more terrifying to the common person. Furthermore, Macbeth is hallucinating when he says in Act 3 Scene 4 that the "table's full" because he sees Banquo's ghost sitting in a banquet chair. Banquo's spirit can only be seen by Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and the nobility, which is a theatrical irony. According to stage directions, Banquo's ghost "sits in Macbeth's seat" and "smiles." This suggests that Macbeth's conscience has returned, putting him on the path to his own demise. Since he has witnessed so many strange events and atrocities, Macbeth believes he can no longer be terrified.