Blame In Macbeth
Who was out to kill Duncan or maybe Banquo or maybe Macbeth or possibly even everyone? Who was to blame for the downfall of Macbeth? In my opinion, it had to have been the three witches. In the story Macbeth by William Shakespeare Macbeth is told by three witches that he is about to become Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Glamis, and King of Scotland. The thought of becoming so powerful as of King of Scotland is a little too much for Macbeth. The power gets to his head and he has a tremendous downfall and is murdering lots of innocent people. But is Macbeth really to blame for his behavior, or do the three witches have something to do with this?
In Act 1, scene 3, lines 14-23, Shakespeare gives us a glimpse of how evil the witches really are.. “I …show more content…
I was asked by my peers in a group discussion one time of why I thought the witches were to blame. My peers thought that if Macbeth didn’t really want to kill Duncan to become king couldn’t he have just said no and not gone through with it? They thought that if he had just said no then none of these continuous murderings by Macbeth would’ve happened. But, like I said in paragraph one, Act 1, Scene 3, Lines 14-23, “I myself have all the other and the very ports they blow, all the quarters that they know I’ th’ shipman’s card. I’ll drain him dry as hay. Sleep shall neither night nor day hang upon his penthouse lid. He shall live a man forbid. Weary sev’nnights nine times nine shall he dwindle, peak and pine.” The witches are mainly telling us that they can just cast a spell on someone and they have full control of their actions. I strongly agree that the witches are to blame for Macbeth’s downfall. Shakespeare gives us many foreshadows, like the ones i stated above, about the witches being evil. The only thing I’m still curious about is who were the witches out to get? Was there a specific someone they wanted Macbeth to kill? Why would they put a spell on Macbeth to do all of this and create all this
In Act 1, scene 3, lines 14-23, Shakespeare gives us a glimpse of how evil the witches really are.. “I …show more content…
I was asked by my peers in a group discussion one time of why I thought the witches were to blame. My peers thought that if Macbeth didn’t really want to kill Duncan to become king couldn’t he have just said no and not gone through with it? They thought that if he had just said no then none of these continuous murderings by Macbeth would’ve happened. But, like I said in paragraph one, Act 1, Scene 3, Lines 14-23, “I myself have all the other and the very ports they blow, all the quarters that they know I’ th’ shipman’s card. I’ll drain him dry as hay. Sleep shall neither night nor day hang upon his penthouse lid. He shall live a man forbid. Weary sev’nnights nine times nine shall he dwindle, peak and pine.” The witches are mainly telling us that they can just cast a spell on someone and they have full control of their actions. I strongly agree that the witches are to blame for Macbeth’s downfall. Shakespeare gives us many foreshadows, like the ones i stated above, about the witches being evil. The only thing I’m still curious about is who were the witches out to get? Was there a specific someone they wanted Macbeth to kill? Why would they put a spell on Macbeth to do all of this and create all this