Why Did Macbeth Lose His Fate

Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a Scottish play about a noble man who became king in a not so noble way. Macbeth rose to power as king and did whatever he could to keep his title. With the voice of three witches in his ear telling him what he could be, he never wanted anything to happen to his destined path. He would kill and lie to get exactly what he thought he deserved. Little did he know his fate was always written and the witches were pulling on the strings. Macbeth gets the worst punishment for his deeds; death. From the moment he got his first prophecy his life went downhill. Macbeth grew paranoid to lose his power so people grew to hate and fear him. This problem could have been solved if he tried to be a good and trusting king and

He was so caught up in the feeling of his authority in the kingdom he did whatever it would take to keep it. The witches introduced the idea of being king to Macbeth and he liked what he had heard. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth ended up murdering king Duncan so he could become the new leader as soon as possible. Once he became king people suspected that there was foul play in Macbeth's uprising. One of these people was Macbeth's close friend Banquo. Macbeth stated, “Our fears in Banquo stick deep,/ And in his royalty of nature reigns/ That which would be feared” (3.1.55-57). He was afraid of Banquo, and it drove Macbeth to get rid of him and his son who was prophesied to be a king as well, “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none”(1.3.69), is the prophecy Banquo had received. So Macbeth sent out murderers after them. Then Macduff became a threat and Macbeth sent out to have Macduff's family murdered. All this paranoia overwhelmed him and clouded his judgment that in time it led him to his

His subjects grew to fear him which made him grow nervous of someone trying to revoke him of his title. If he had proved himself to his subjects, he would not have been feared and there would be no threat to his title. “Of horrid hell can come a devil more damned/ in evils to top Macbeth” (4.3.64-65), was something Macduff had said about Macbeth. He was explaining that the kingdom had grown to fear King Macbeth and he had to be vanquished. The ego and anxiety Macbeth held in his mind clouded his judgment to be a good king and make proper decisions. From the start of his reign he should have put on a good face and made decisions to be a noble king. He had killed Duncan, that was over with, even though it wasn't the right thing to do he should have put it behind him. Killing Duncan put a scar on his heart he couldnt get rid