Who Was Responsible For Macbeth's Downfall

Macbeth Is More Responsible For His Downfall Than Lady Macbeth

It is possible for a hero at his peak to be misled by dark forces. In Shakespeare’s play entitled Macbeth, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are responsible for the murder of King Duncan and the pandemonium that it creates. However, throughout the play, audiences will observe that Macbeth is more responsible for his downfall than she. Because of his greater ambition, his trust issues that leads to murdering his friend Banquo, and the blood of innocent people that he spills.

Firstly, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are both responsible for killing Duncan. However, Macbeth is more responsible than Lady Macbeth, because of his stronger ambition. His deep desires about murdering King Duncan frighten

Lady Macbeth starts to manipulate Macbeth’s masculinity which demonstrates how she is also responsible for her husband’s downfall. Her second method is taking advantage of his emotions. In other words, explaining to Macbeth that if she is in his place, she kills her baby to fulfill their desires, Lady Macbeth says:

I have given suck, and know How tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn As you have done to this.

Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal version, sensible to feeling as to sight? (2.1.40-45) Bakri 3 The vision of the dagger inviting Macbeth to kill Duncan can also be the embodiment of Macbeth's guilty conscience. The dagger is a warning sign. His conscience is trying to make him observe and acknowledge what he is about to commit. However, Macbeth decides not to listen to his conscience, and go after his