The Tragedy of Macbeth

The tragedy of Macbeth is brought upon himself. His strengths doubled as his weaknesses. Macbeth is very easily swayed to believe what he is told and has a problem with having excessive pride. He is easy to manipulate and control. He acts upon his instincts and allows them to take his mind to a deeper, evil self. These strengths of Macbeth inevitably are the cause of his downfall.

The first strength shown in the play is how prideful Macbeth is. He is told by the three witches that he will be King one day; immediately he beings to think that he will have to kill the King to fulfill what the witches told him. He wants everything he can get his hands on. He is never content with what he has or rules. Later in the play Macbeth thinks that he now has to kill anyone who threatens him because he does not want what is his taken away. His pride becomes his weakness because he leaves his footprint every time he murders someone. He refuses to believe that he will never be taken down or defeated even when the trees start walking towards him.

Lady Macbeth plays a key role in one of Macbeth's strength. The strength is Macbeth's ability to do anything his wife tells him to do; he is a good follower. The weakness is that Lady Macbeth has a large amount of control over her husband. When Macbeth doubts that murdering Duncan is the right thing to do Lady Macbeth argues that he is not a real man, because real men would be able to murder the King.

Macbeth's ambition is what gives him the strength to follow that witches' prophecy. His ambition leads him to murder the kill the King, Banquo, and Macduff's family and servants. Macbeth acts on his thoughts even when they are darker than dark. He has a goal in his head that he can never seem to fulfill, so he keeps on going after more.

Macbeth is also a great warrior on the battlefield. He has a lot of loyalty towards Duncan in the first act because he killed the traders of Scotland for him. At the end of the book Macbeth is now the trader and he feels no need to fight. He believes that the witches are correct; he can never be defeated. He fights against England anyway. He is killed by Macduff.

The people who surround him and support him are some of his strengths. Lady Macbeth has been his wife for many years and the three witches he puts all trust in. Those are the people who make him do wrong and only hurt him. Lady Macbeth loses her relationship with her husband and goes mad. While the witches keep telling Macbeth that Banquo's sons will be the king of kings.