Macbeth, Victim or Villain? William. L-bMacbeth could be seen as either a victim or a villain, as in the play events occur that could support both of these arguments. The main argument for him being a villain is the part of the play where he killed the king, and the main argument for him being a villain is the influence the witches had on him. This could be seen as why Macbeth did the things he did, his wife, Lady Macbeth also had a massive influence on the things he did and some would see this as the main argument for him being a victim and also why Macbeth seemed to have no control over his actions.The influence of the witches would be seen by some people as the main reason or at least a big factor in why Macbeth became king and murdered everyone who was a potential threat. Before even meeting Macbeth and Banquo the three witches were establishing there malicious nature. The three witches tell Macbeth that he will be ‘thane of glamis!’, ‘Thane of Cawdor!’ and ‘King hereafter’ or become the King of Scotland. This compels Macbeth, he asks banquo what his feelings are towards what the witches said about his descendents becoming king and starts thinking of killing King Duncan to make the prophecy come true, but then later on he hopes fate will spare him
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