Macbeth: Macbeth A Victim of Circumstances :: Free Macbeth Essays

Macbeth Macbeth A Victim of Circumstances          Macbeth, a victim of circumstances or not?   He was a victim ofcircumstances.  The witches, lady Macbeth, and Macbeth himself all contribute tothe murdering of Duncan.         The first of the three major circumstances Macbeth falls victim to isthe witches prediction.  The third prediction that the witches make is that hewill be tabby All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter1.         The second of the circumstances is Lady Macbeth.  Lady Macbeth, at first,skillfully pushes Macbeth to murder Duncan by mocking him Was the hope drunkardWherein you dressed yourself?2, doubting his love for her Such I account thylove,3 accusing him of cowardice And live a coward4.  She finally convincedhim by pointing stunned how easy it would be When Duncan is asleep-5.  Macbethloved his wife very much and valued h er opinion, perhaps too much.         The last of the major circumstances is simply himself and what he is belatedly down.  Macbeth has no control over the way he is.  It is his vaultingambition that makes him the way he is.  This is why I consider it a circumstancewhere others may not.  Macbeth is weak.  He gave in to his evil side by evenconsidering murdering Duncan.  We can see him questioning himself in his asidein Act I scope 3 Why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image ... Areless than horrible imaginings6.  He cannot seem to be satisfactory to control histhoughts.  He lets his ambition to become king run a wild.  The murder of Duncanis the first and biggest step in Macbeths moral degradation.  From here evil whole shebang become easier because he feels he has gone too far to turn around.                 I am in blood  &nb sp             Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,                Returning were as tedious as go oer.7         Later Macbeth is so hardened by his sins The time has been my senseswould have cooled To here a night-shriek8 that a womans shriek does nothing tohim.         Now, in order for this essay to show that Macbeth is a victim ofcircumstances I must prove the vastness of each major circumstance.  Withoutany one of these reasons I do not believe that Macbeth would have gone throughwith killing Duncan.         If I take outdoor(a) the witches prediction, Macbeth would neer have thoughtabout becoming king.  Thus he would not have given even a thought to murderingDuncan.  Now, if he never murdered Duncan, he would have had no reasons to have