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messenger comes looking for him. The messenger, unsure of how to report what he saw, says Birnam Wood appeared to move. Macbeth realizes that the first prophecy is fulfilled. Macbeth worries that he is stuck fighting by himself after his army is overpowered. He wonders who was not born of a woman. For the first time in awhile Macbeth shows fear. His army who guarded the castle was slaughtered, his wife committed suicide. Macbeth gives up the will to live; life signifies nothing: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time, and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle! Life?s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then

is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Macduff and his army enter the castle, yet Macbeth fears no one born of a woman. Siward appears, Macbeth dressed in his armor kills him. Then Macduff finds Macbeth, they begin to fight. As the fighting continued they begin to converse, Macbeth tells Macduff that no man born of a woman shall ever harm him. As the fight continues Macduff reveals that he was ripped from his mother?s womb while she was dead. Macbeth is now extremely worried, the remaining prophecies have come true. This only provided Macbeth with false hope. He wished that he could have lived a normal life, Macbeth says that if he could have lived a normal life, he would have lived an honorable age. He realizes that he denied

himself this opportunity and that he let his ambition get the best of him. He realizes that he will not be king forever and that Macduff is preparing to kill him. The witches prophecies have tricked Macbeth into thinking that he was invisible and that no one could stop him. Macduff kills Macbeth at the bitter end. The character of Macbeth is a classic example of a Shakespearean tragic hero. It contains all the qualities: use of power in a wrong way, he is lovable/ respected at the beginning, he goes through many hardships, he learns his lesson the hard way, and finally through his death peace and tranquillity is restored. Many deaths and other major events occurred because Macbeth was overwhelmed by his tragic flaw- too much power and the sense of being unstoppable. The factors

that let the prophecies told him by the witches, the influence and manipulation of his wife and finally his ambition. The prophecies, which were told by the witches, contributed greatly to the downfall of Macbeth. If it had not been for the witches telling him the fate that waited for him, Macbeth would have probably lived a normal life. Also, the influence of Lady Macbeth with her taunts and manipulation she turned Macbeth into a killing Machine. Another factor that influenced his downfall was his ambition. His ambition led Macbeth to gain greed, violence, and hunger for power (Maynard 71). There were in fact some internal conflicts that occurred that were not influenced by anybody, except probably Macbeth?s conscious. These conflicts made Macbeth lose touch with reality. In act

II, scene I when he is deciding whether to kill Duncan or not, he imagines a dagger before him. This probably encouraged him to the deed, by showing him how. The second internal conflict Macbeth had was right after he had ordered for Banquo to be killed. Macbeth had a banquet that day, in his chair he sees Banquo?s ghost. He probably imagined the ghost out of fear, fear he had of what he had done. Why was is that everything turned the way it did for Macbeth? Why because fate contributed greatly to his downfall. Macbeth tried to control his fate but no one can change his/her fate. It was written that Macbeth?s fate would turn horribly tragic, and it did. In this case, the prophecies that the witches? prophesied came true which led Macbeth to his downfall. Macbeth went from being

good to evil, as day changes into night. Through this process Macbeth?s attitude changes towards others: With Duncan Macbeth?s attitude changes very rapidly, because of his ambition to be king. He went from being loyal and trust worthy to the king to killing him. One would think that Macbeth would keep his best friend close and confide in him, but Macbeth does not agree. Instead he senses suspicion on Banquo?s part, so he orders for him to be killed. A tremendous change of attitude occurred with Lady Macbeth. At the beginning he showed love and affection towards her. He would have done anything for her even kill. Towards the end when she commits suicide, Macbeth seems to show no concern. Macbeth trusted the witches? at the beginning, but towards the end he separates from them