Who Is To Blame For Macbeth's Downfall

No matter how good you think you are, there is still that hint of wickedness in every single one of us. As humans, we do wicked things, either out of greed, pride, or even selfishness. That means, even your most trusted friend or family could be able to betray you. In Macbeth, a play by William Shakespeare, portrays the same idea. Showing Macbeth slowly come to his downfall and basically gets destroying inside. That being said, Macbeth is at fault for his own downfall because no one really knew you had such thoughts in the first place. The reasons why Macbeth is at his own fault is because Macbeth is easily manipulated and he is also very wicked inside.

Macbeth is a character that seems to be very gullible and easily manipulated. He listened

Although, even if someone does not look wicked or evil on the outside, no one really knows what they think in their head. That is where Macbeth was really wicked. For example, “False face must hide what the false heart doth/know” (95-96). Macbeth is saying show like your good and give a warm welcome, but do not let others know what your heart desires. What could be more wicked than showing a “false face” and then stabbing someone in the back. Another thought Macbeth had to himself was, “For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires,/Let not light see my black deep desires” (57-58). This is when Macbeth really shows just what he is thinking. This quote was just after King Duncan had declared that his son will be heir to the throne, but because Macbeth had the prophecy implanted in his head he would see Duncan’s declarations as an obstacle. Just by hearing all of Macbeth’s thoughts, you really get the idea of how wicked he really is. Even the witches believed his is evil and wicked for they said “By the pricking of my thumbs,/Something wicked this way comes” (4.144-45). By now, the witches, who are probably evil themselves, see Macbeth as their equal

When the witches said “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!/All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!/All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter,” (1.3.51-53) they really planted this seed in Macbeth’s mind into thinking he must fulfill this prophecy. Also the fact that he became Thane of Cawdor really triggered Macbeth’s mind into thinking that maybe the last prophecy is going to be true. Even though the witches planted this seed into Macbeth’s head, he did not have to fulfill it, but the fact that he went out of his way to fulfill the prophecy, it really shows that he is at his own fault for even listening. Lady Macbeth even threatened him into killing his own cousin. For she said, “When you durst do it, then you were a man;/And to be more than what you were, you would/Be so much more the man” (1.7.56-58). When Lady Macbeth says this, she basically tests Macbeth’s manliness. He is so easily manipulated by his own wife saying he is not a man if he does not murder. This is why Macbeth is really at fault, because he had a choice to murder or not, he let his own wife have this simple power over him. He was threatened and listened to her, without thinking of the consequences he will