Who Was Responsible For Macbeth's Death Analysis

In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, there is a lot of controversy regarding who was ultimately responsible for the death of Macbeth while many characters in the play could have been blamed, I believe that Macbeth himself was ultimately the cause and was responsible for his own death. I also believe that out of the three options, fate, free will and predestination. Free will is the most relevant to the play Macbeth because it is all based on people making their own decisions and determining the future.

Ultimately, Macbeth allowed himself to be tempted by others and let their opinions influence his decisions. Macbeth let the witches influence his decisions by listening to them and also taking action according to what they said. The Witch’s said “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! and Thane of Cawdor that should be king hereafter” (A1 S3 L51-53) Macbeth heard this and either could have thought that the witches knew something that he didn’t or they were actually controlling fate in some way. But I believe that the witches were just playing with Macbeth’s ambition and planting the idea of murder in his head because of their presence of evil. …show more content…
In the beginning of the play, MacDuff first appears when the king and noble men arrive at a city in Scotland called Inverness. At this point in the play, Macduff has no interest at all in killing Macbeth. A few scenes later, Macduff finds out that King Duncan has been murdered. Macbeth told Lennox and Macduff that when he went to the room Duncan was staying in, and found him dead, he became angry at the sight of the guards, holding the daggers and covered in Duncan’s blood, he murdered them. A few acts and scenes later, Macduff has been told by Ross that his family has been murdered. Malcom then encourages Macduff, “Be this the whetstone of your sword: let grief convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it.” (A4 S3