The tragedy of "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, follows the fall from a man in a position of power, with a content life to a man with nothing but hollow words and a dammed soul. In this essay I wish to show to what level Macbeth s tragedy was his own carelessness.
It all started with the statement "fair is foul and foul is fair"(act 1 scene 1) made by the three witches. Momentarily the downfall of Macbeth begins early on in the play when he and Banquo meet the three witches on the way back from the winning battle.They decide to listen to the witches out of sheer curiosity. They greet Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis" the title he already holds, and begin to tell the two nobles of things to come, and prophesies that Macbeth will become "Thane of Cawdor", and king of Scotland. Macbeth was standing but the rage of fire was ignited in his heart, the seed of change is planted.
Lady Macbeth has eyes of evil reading the letter from Macbeth explaining the word of the witches
"your face my thane, is a book where men may read strange matters... bear welcome in your eyes, your hand, your tongue. look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under't" (act 1 scene 5)
This is the welcome from Lady Macbeth to her husband. Lady Macbeth's first impression is shaded. When she implants the plot to kill Duncan, Macbeth realized it is the only. The death of Duncan would mean that Macbeth would become king. As lady Macbeth pushes him to kill Duncan and said in act 1 scene 5 " He croaks at the fatal entrance of Duncan", this quote tells us how the presence of Duncan will turn fatal.
Once Duncan is killed, Macbeth has second thoughts about the murder and his conscience starts to kick in. At this point he begins to suffer the start of his many breakdowns and he begins to lose his human characteristics. Each person killed has resulted in another that needs to be killed. With each kill