forces essay macbeth

William shakespeares play Macbeth travels through 2 forces that bring upon his down fall. These forces are, being deceived by supernatural forces and Lady Macbeth persuasion to Macbeth.

One key force that is expressed throughout the play is Lady Macbeth’s persuasion to Macbeth. lady Macbeth persuasion to Macbeth is present throughout the beginning of play, both characters Macbeth and lady Macbeth play a huge role in the persuasion of Macbeth to kill king Duncan. “ Art thou afeardTo be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would, ”. this is one way that lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth into doing this act against king Duncan, she is questioning his word and his manliness. Macbeth is seen as good at the beginning while Lady Macbeth is seen as evil, “fair is foul and foul is fair” pressuring Macbeth into doing this dreadful act against the gods in which he tired to back out of, lady Macbeth questions Macbeths man hood several times in the duration of the play, “How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this” she explains how if she had promised to do an act that she would go through with it even if it were killing her own baby. This is how Lady Macbeth was a key force in the persuading of questioning Macbeths his man hood to do such an act against his king which brought the start of his downfall.

However another key force that brings upon Macbeth down fall in this play is being deceived by supernatural forces, in act 1 of the play Macbeth is brought to the presents of 3 evil witches, these witches give the first evidence of Macbeths weak mind by telling him that he could be king, these super natural forces predict the future which has some truth to it which intrigues Macbeth in wanting to know more. "All Hail Macbeth! Thou shalt be King hereafter", the prediction by the witches’ of Macbeth being king, this was the very starting point of Macbeths downfall, turning his mind from loyal “noble Macbeth” to evil by implanting evil and wickedness thoughts into his head, this later lead to the act of killing king Duncan. The explain to Macbeth of how if he were to become king that he would be unstoppable "Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth", this is where Macbeths frail mind is exploited, by the witches giving him false hope in which he can not die from any man, “fair is foul and foul is fair” this saying form the witches comes into act, by witch a man of who was “from his mother's womb untimely ripped” Macduff is seen killing Macbeth. This is the way that Macbeth was deceived by supernatural forces, in which brought his downfall.

William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth explores 2 key forces that bring upon Macbeth downfall in the, these forces are being deceived by supernatural, and Lady Macbeth persuasion to Macbeth of the killing of Duncan. Both these forces played a role in the downfall of Macbeth as they exploited his weak mind and made him to dreadful acts that lead to a pre-mature death. These are the 2 forces that lead to Macbeths downfall.