Macbeth's Misfortunate Morality

Macbeth’s Misfortunate Morality

“Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair”(I,I,10). This is a quote in Macbeth that is said many times throughout the story because it tells the story in a nutshell. The play is written by Shakespeare and called The Tragedy of Macbeth. The witches are great at tricking Macbeth with their fortune telling. It is a big problem for Macbeth in the story because it gives his head hot air and swells up. He begins to think his prophecy will come true how he wants it to and it will come true, just not the way he wants it to or the way it sounds. Macbeth’s downfall is led by the witches, Lady Macbeth, and himself. Double, double toil and trouble;/ Fire burn, and cauldron bubble” (IV,I,10-11). There are three apparitions that the witches give to Macbeth. The first is, “An Armed Head”

Macbeth is just as much responsible for his actions as Lady Macbeth and the Witches. He did not have to do what he was told to do by Lady Macbeth and the witches but he decided to do it himself. He cannot blame anyone but himself. He says, “False face must hide what the false heart doth know” (I,VII,82). In other words, he is acting like he did nothing wrong but he knows he did something terrible. He could have turned back and not done it but he went through with it. “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather /The multitudinous seas incarnadine, /Making the green one red.” (II,II,59-62). Macbeth feels deep regret for doing what he has done and wishes he could go back but there is no going back from that. “ I bear a/ charmèd life, which must not yield/ To one of woman born.” (V,VIII,9-10). This is Macbeth’s biggest lead to his downfall. He cannot go back and do anything because he killed so many people so he cannot fix it. Macbeth knew it was wrong and he decided to go against what he knew was right and do the wrong thing and ended up in a lot of