![]() Macbeth’s malevolence and deceptiveness are shown further when he becomes so obsessed with the witches prophesies to his friend, Banquo, that he decides to hire two men to kill him and his son. ![]() Being consumed with power, Macbeth lets nothing stand in the way of his reign, because his reign is all that he has left now. Slowly Macbeth loses grasp of his sanity and self-control. It only took the one idea embedded into Macbeth’s head to lead him toward corruption.Īfter Macbeth grows more sinful and overpowered with greed he does not make any real attempt to change, and his conscious is bothered by this. Macbeth’s greed had taken control of him and he could not turn back. Claiming he acted in rage Macbeth kills the servants so that they cannot bear witness against him. Afterwards, when Duncan is discovered dead, Macbeth kills again when he murders the servants who were guarding Duncan. This act surges Macbeth forward on the direct path to his destruction. ![]() Lady Macbeth would load Duncan’s attendants with liquor, and then, on Lady Macbeth’s signal, Macbeth would creep into Duncan’s chamber and slay him with his servant’s weapons. After constant persuasion from Lady Macbeth, she and Macbeth finally made their decision. In fact, at first he decides against it, but, with the knowledge that he could be king, he could not help himself from considering it. Macbeth does not easily make this decision. The three witches’ plan succeeded, they had aroused the greed in Macbeth, allowing him to make the most important choice of the play – to kill Duncan. This is his first step on the journey to his demise, as the witches had planned. When the first of the promises is proven authentic, Macbeth then considers the idea of murdering Duncan for the first time. They poison his mind with these prophesies, making him greedy and bringing out the evil qualities in his soul. The witches tell Macbeth that he will become the thane of Cawdor and then king of Scotland. They cannot directly harm him themselves, so they tell Macbeth predictions for his possible future, in order to make him act on them. ![]() In the play the witches, with their spells, plan the downfall of Macbeth. They associate with evil spirits and obey them, and they are followers of the evil goddess, Hecate. The weird sisters are creators of chaos by nature. The three witches called the weird sisters are the root of the problem that is the subject for this story. How are the witches responsible for Macbeth’s downfall? Macbeth’s downfall was planned by the weird sisters, but it was Macbeth’s own free will that lead him to it. They made him believe that he was invincible, and then he willingly continued to fight when he knew that it would mean his doom. The witches were easily able to control his mind. But after he murdered Duncan, Macbeth lost his sanity. He was not forced to kill Duncan nor any of his other victims. But it was Macbeth who made the choices that determined his fate. They planted the seed of evil in Macbeth’s head that grew to dominate his mind. The witches were trying to create chaos by prophesying to Macbeth in order to get him to act. In the Shakespearean play, “Macbeth,” the witches influence on how Macbeth made his decisions played a crucial part in contributing to his eventual destruction. How are the witches responsible for Macbeth's downfall?.
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