Macbeth is a play about a soldier that meets supernatural forces (witches) that tell him be will become a very important person. Macbeth started out coming back from a battle and is announced as the thane of glamis, he is called this because he was second in command and gained the rank when the old thain died. He meets the king who tells him this then goes home with Banquo but formally meets the three witches. The witches, his wife Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth himself lead to his demise/ downfall The witches cause Macbeth's downfall by telling him that “ FIRST WITCH All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! SECOND WITCH All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! THIRD WITCH All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter! (Macbeth …show more content…
Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him. (Macbeth act 4 scene 1 lines 74-75, 81-83, and 94-98) This leds macbeth to be paranoid and think everyone is against him. He then procedes to become a tyrant. Lady macbeth contributed to macbeth's paranoia by having him kill king duncan when he came over for dinner after reading the letter macbeth sent her about the prophecy. The letter said LADY …show more content…
When I burned in desire to question them further, they made themselves air, into which they vanished. Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it came missives from the king, who all-hailed me 'Thane of Cawdor,' by which title, before, these weird sisters saluted me, and referred me to the coming on of time with 'Hail, king that shalt be!' This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou mightst not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being ignorant of what greatness is promised thee. Lay it to thy heart, and farewell.” (Macbeth act 1 scene 5 lines 1-13) When this happens she started becoming power hungry also but she takes is farther by wanting to kill king duncan and the guards and blame it on the guards. She then in act 5 she is sleepwalking and is reliving that night when Macbeth killed duncan and had the knife/sword with him took it and placed it with the guards and wipes the blood on them. This shows she feels guilty about what she did and she could feel responsible for Macbeth's condition. When this happens she is being watched by a doctor, and he states she is beyond his