Macbeth - the downfall of macbeth and what led to it

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In this essay I am going to explain the downfall of Macbeth and who could be held responsible for his downfall. In the story Macbeth, Macbeth is the main character alongside Lady Macbeth, banquo, the three witches and macduff. To summarise what happens Macbeth has just won a battle and on his way to the king’s palace to give the news,  three witches make a prediction that he will first became thane of Cawdor then the king. “All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!  All hail Macbeth!  Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter.” And the witches also make a prediction that banquo’s son will become king. Then as soon as they arrive Macbeth is named thane of Cawdor and starts to believe the prediction. Macbeth tells his wife and she starts to devise a plot to kill the king. Soon they kill the king and they start to get paranoid that banquo will find out so they kill banquo as well and get even more paranoid so much so that lady Macbeth commits suicide. Macbeth then goes to the witches again and the say“Be bloody, bold and resolute: laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.” soon the king falls out with the people of Scotland and they decide to go to war with him and macduff kills him because he was born through c section. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played the role of king Duncan’s killer which eventually led to there downfall.

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The witches are one of the main characters of the play Macbeth. They play a great role in downfall of Macbeth because they are the people who started the thought of Macbeth becoming the king. There appearance is rather horrific with spots and boils covering there bodies and there woman like figure is more like a beast like figure. There fingers are long and pointy and the face grotesque. The Shakespearian audience would have believed in witches because they believed at that period in time witches where the cause of things like crop failure, deaths and sickness. The witches further ...

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