Was Macbeth Responsible For His Own Downfall Analysis

Throughout the play, Macbeth goes through a series of unnatural events leading him to become responsible for his own downfall at some points, which is why I don’t fully agree that Macbeth was responsible for his own downfall. In this essay I will talk about the three reasons that may have led him to this point. The following reasons are the evil and sinful behaviour, the temptation and greed brought on by his wife and the witches which links back to the witches’ prophecies and Lady Macbeth’s temptations towards Macbeth. The last point will be about the historical inevitability which will talk about the current king, previous historical events, as there was no way that Macbeth could get away with the way he became king.
After the war, a series of unnatural and unholy events occurred based on Macbeth’s actions. Some of the events that took place were the animals making noises after Duncan’s murder and Macbeth not being able to say ‘amen’ at the end of his prayer. This …show more content…
He is a reckless social climber who was a fool to fall for these things. Macbeth should’ve realised from the start that seeing witches is unholy and therefore unnatural to see, his wife was crazy to think and encourage him to kill his way to throne and think that no one will stop him was a brave and overconfident thought to have. After seeing the witches for the first time and then have them give you four apparitions later on about the future is a step too far that he should’ve known that if they were right the first time, doesn’t mean that they’ll always be right. These were all things that helped me decide that I agree that he was responsible for his own downfall as he could’ve resisted some of the temptations and also that you can never do bad things and think nothing bad will happen