The play Macbeth is driven by many forces, both human and supernatural. Macbeth’s ambition, greed, and temptation – as well as pressure from Lady Macbeth – are major driving forces in the plot. However, the supernatural force of fate, predicted by the witches, was also a key factor in the play’s plot. These characteristics drive the plot of the play, causing Macbeth to make many important decisions like the murder of Duncan and the assassination of Banquo.
Macbeth’s characteristics are one of his main driving forces that cause him to commit deeds including the murder of King Duncan. Throughout the play, Macbeth displays many traits including; ambition to be king, greed, and temptation, all of which led him to commit regicide. All of these characteristics …show more content…
Macbeth’s fate is seemingly laid out for him by the witches after all three of the witches’ apparitions come true, if not in abstract manners. The witches appear to have supernatural powers to either predict, control, or guide Macbeth’s fate. It could be argued that the predictions are actually what caused Macbeth to act in the way he did (that is to say, that if he had not seen the witches he would have acted differently). During the final scene of the play, during Macbeth’s final battle, Macbeth is overconfident in knowing that, as the witches predicted, nobody born of woman could slay him. However, it is this false sense of confidence which results in his death, slain by Macduff (who was untimely ripped from his mother’s womb). If it weren’t for the predictions of the witches, Macbeth may have made different decisions. Another apparent supernatural force in the play is the ghost of Banquo. The ghost appears at the royal banquet to haunt Macbeth after he hires assassins to murder Banquo. This ghost causes Macbeth to become delusional and even shout suspicious things about Duncan’s murder in front of the dinner guests.
Despite supernatural forces being somewhat omnipresent throughout the play and having evident effects on Macbeth’s fate, the play’s plot is also driven by Macbeth’s personal traits and pressure from Lady Macbeth. If Macbeth had been less ambitious towards acquiring the throne
Macbeth’s characteristics are one of his main driving forces that cause him to commit deeds including the murder of King Duncan. Throughout the play, Macbeth displays many traits including; ambition to be king, greed, and temptation, all of which led him to commit regicide. All of these characteristics …show more content…
Macbeth’s fate is seemingly laid out for him by the witches after all three of the witches’ apparitions come true, if not in abstract manners. The witches appear to have supernatural powers to either predict, control, or guide Macbeth’s fate. It could be argued that the predictions are actually what caused Macbeth to act in the way he did (that is to say, that if he had not seen the witches he would have acted differently). During the final scene of the play, during Macbeth’s final battle, Macbeth is overconfident in knowing that, as the witches predicted, nobody born of woman could slay him. However, it is this false sense of confidence which results in his death, slain by Macduff (who was untimely ripped from his mother’s womb). If it weren’t for the predictions of the witches, Macbeth may have made different decisions. Another apparent supernatural force in the play is the ghost of Banquo. The ghost appears at the royal banquet to haunt Macbeth after he hires assassins to murder Banquo. This ghost causes Macbeth to become delusional and even shout suspicious things about Duncan’s murder in front of the dinner guests.
Despite supernatural forces being somewhat omnipresent throughout the play and having evident effects on Macbeth’s fate, the play’s plot is also driven by Macbeth’s personal traits and pressure from Lady Macbeth. If Macbeth had been less ambitious towards acquiring the throne