Macbeth's Ruin Research Paper
The Cause of Macbeth's Ruin
The specific root of Macbeth's ruin is his uncontrollable ambition. His desires take control of his actions and this becomes his tragic flaw. It prevents him from becoming aware of when to stop; he is never fully satisfied as his desire for power grows. Macbeth's judgment is impaired since he only accepts ideas that will benefit him in obtaining his wants. He also becomes self centered and loses his feeling towards others as a result of his need for fulfillment. All these points in Macbeth's character are caused by his ambition which seems to have no boundaries. It grows more abundant as his role in William
Shakespeare's play, Macbeth , progresses.
Macbeth's desire for power becomes an obsessive trait for …show more content…
However if Macbeth's ambition did not run wild he would have been able to sense this and would not have taken the three apparitions at face value. His ambition being the way it is blinded his senses and made him fail to see the truth. For example, the first apparition was an armed head telling him to beware of Macduff. Macbeth took this as a warning when in reality the armed head belonged to Macbeth and was severed by Macduff. The second apparition was a bloody child claiming that "none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth"
(Act.4,Sc.1,Ln.79-80). Instead of realizing that the bloody child was the result of a cesarean section Macbeth thought it meant that nothing human can harm him and this made him feel invincible. In reality however Macduff was that child who "was from his mother's womb untimely ripped" (Act.5,Sc.8,Ln.16-17) and in the end kills Macbeth. The third apparition was a child crowned with a tree in his hand who proclaimed that "Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until Great
Birnam wood to Dunsinane hill shall come against him." (Act.4,Sc.1,Ln.92-94).
Macbeth believed this prophesy was in his favour since it is impossible for a forest to reach Dunsinane hill in his lifetime. Unfortunately for Macbeth
The specific root of Macbeth's ruin is his uncontrollable ambition. His desires take control of his actions and this becomes his tragic flaw. It prevents him from becoming aware of when to stop; he is never fully satisfied as his desire for power grows. Macbeth's judgment is impaired since he only accepts ideas that will benefit him in obtaining his wants. He also becomes self centered and loses his feeling towards others as a result of his need for fulfillment. All these points in Macbeth's character are caused by his ambition which seems to have no boundaries. It grows more abundant as his role in William
Shakespeare's play, Macbeth , progresses.
Macbeth's desire for power becomes an obsessive trait for …show more content…
However if Macbeth's ambition did not run wild he would have been able to sense this and would not have taken the three apparitions at face value. His ambition being the way it is blinded his senses and made him fail to see the truth. For example, the first apparition was an armed head telling him to beware of Macduff. Macbeth took this as a warning when in reality the armed head belonged to Macbeth and was severed by Macduff. The second apparition was a bloody child claiming that "none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth"
(Act.4,Sc.1,Ln.79-80). Instead of realizing that the bloody child was the result of a cesarean section Macbeth thought it meant that nothing human can harm him and this made him feel invincible. In reality however Macduff was that child who "was from his mother's womb untimely ripped" (Act.5,Sc.8,Ln.16-17) and in the end kills Macbeth. The third apparition was a child crowned with a tree in his hand who proclaimed that "Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until Great
Birnam wood to Dunsinane hill shall come against him." (Act.4,Sc.1,Ln.92-94).
Macbeth believed this prophesy was in his favour since it is impossible for a forest to reach Dunsinane hill in his lifetime. Unfortunately for Macbeth