The main character in the play "Macbeth', written by William Shakespeare, wasMacbeth. In the play, Macbeth suffered a failure in the end with his wife Lady Macbeth. The cause of it was mainly his overwhelming ambitions and greed. Macbeth's main intention was plotting to be King of Scotland and removing obstacles said to be harmful to him in the prophecies. Such intention had brought himself to end in the tragedy.Macbeth, when first introduced in the play as a Scottish general and the thane of Glamis. He was a brave soldier, but lacking ...view middle of the document...
He never expected that there's more to come in his the wayto the throne, as means of for him to commit more murders until all obstacles are gone and the throne is secure. Killing one after another was stepping stones to the throne for Macbeth.An example would be a man trying to cut all the tress in a forest. It's impossible to eliminate all obstacles because there'll be always more coming.Macbeth's feelings of desire were raised in the hearing of the witches' prophecies. They foretelled in a way that he will assumed he'll take the throne. What he wasn't aware of was that, he was being tricked, and the witches were just trying to drove him to become evil and overconfidence. Being overconfidenced, he tried his very best to fullfill his ambitions even at the cost of killing alot of innocents, including his close friend, Banquo.Macbeth downfall was caused by his ambitions and greed. At the end, he was assasinated by Macduff. During the fight, he became fearful when Macduff told him that hewas not from his mother's womb, because one the prophecies told him to not fear anyone from a mother's womb.. The prophecies did came true, but Macbeth was being so ambitionand overconfidenced, he never thought his downfall is the real meaning of the prophecies.
