The Most Responsible For The Downfall Of Macbeth
Macbeth’s Downfall
Thomas Babington Macaulay states that “The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.” In the tragic play, Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare. The main character Macbeth is a man who is an acceptable man, but lets many things get in the way of his good character. As we know a Shakespearean tragedy offers a tragic hero who almost always meets his downfall because of an error or a weakness in his character. Throughout the play we read as he developed as a person and his choices eventually meant the difference between life and death. Macbeth lets Lady Macbeth, witches and identity permanence play a role in his choices that he makes along with class, gender and society. …show more content…
The audience is often let in on those through his soliloquies. Even though he is portrayed as a fearless warrior in battle he is shaken by the three witches prophecies and has a very obscured way of thinking throughout the story. Duncan makes the decision to hand his kingdom down to his son Malcolm, upsetting the righteous Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Society played an important aspect after Duncan made the decision of who would inherit the throne. Before there was no reason or ambition for the throne, everyone had thought things were well and right. Everything had its rules and as well as principles. After it was announced, Macbeth was stunned, he felt greed and jealousy consume him. Even today we are able to watch leaders feel pressured from the never ending desire to have more. The witches predictions sit in the back of his mind and he writes their prophecy to his wife. He starts out with thinking that fate will take its place but his wife, Lady Macbeth, thinks different. He knows in his mind that murder goes against his morals and his conscience is obviously disturbed by his wives demands. My personal impression of Macbeth quickly …show more content…
We start to see more of a dramatic change in character. The Macbeth that was once strong in his morals and afraid to murder Duncan has now developed a deadly confidence in himself and his capabilities. He proves his insecurity, becoming a paranoid ruler by keeping spies in the home. He further shows his insecurities by planning to undo the prophecy by murdering Banquo and Fleance. Thus, keeping his descendants from getting the throne. He gets to a point where he is so manipulative that he convinces the murderers that it was all Banquo’s fault. He takes the liberty of hiding all of this from Lady Macbeth. This was a turning point for him as it cut off the closeness of their marriage and she no longer knew what was entirely going on. He even takes his chances testing fate, as we might say, pushing his
Thomas Babington Macaulay states that “The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.” In the tragic play, Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare. The main character Macbeth is a man who is an acceptable man, but lets many things get in the way of his good character. As we know a Shakespearean tragedy offers a tragic hero who almost always meets his downfall because of an error or a weakness in his character. Throughout the play we read as he developed as a person and his choices eventually meant the difference between life and death. Macbeth lets Lady Macbeth, witches and identity permanence play a role in his choices that he makes along with class, gender and society. …show more content…
The audience is often let in on those through his soliloquies. Even though he is portrayed as a fearless warrior in battle he is shaken by the three witches prophecies and has a very obscured way of thinking throughout the story. Duncan makes the decision to hand his kingdom down to his son Malcolm, upsetting the righteous Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Society played an important aspect after Duncan made the decision of who would inherit the throne. Before there was no reason or ambition for the throne, everyone had thought things were well and right. Everything had its rules and as well as principles. After it was announced, Macbeth was stunned, he felt greed and jealousy consume him. Even today we are able to watch leaders feel pressured from the never ending desire to have more. The witches predictions sit in the back of his mind and he writes their prophecy to his wife. He starts out with thinking that fate will take its place but his wife, Lady Macbeth, thinks different. He knows in his mind that murder goes against his morals and his conscience is obviously disturbed by his wives demands. My personal impression of Macbeth quickly …show more content…
We start to see more of a dramatic change in character. The Macbeth that was once strong in his morals and afraid to murder Duncan has now developed a deadly confidence in himself and his capabilities. He proves his insecurity, becoming a paranoid ruler by keeping spies in the home. He further shows his insecurities by planning to undo the prophecy by murdering Banquo and Fleance. Thus, keeping his descendants from getting the throne. He gets to a point where he is so manipulative that he convinces the murderers that it was all Banquo’s fault. He takes the liberty of hiding all of this from Lady Macbeth. This was a turning point for him as it cut off the closeness of their marriage and she no longer knew what was entirely going on. He even takes his chances testing fate, as we might say, pushing his