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Alexander HoltPd 1

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y Who is most responsible for the bloodshed that occurs in the play? Is it Macbeth alone?Lady Macbeth? How much blame can we place on the instruments of darkness?

Macbeth Essay

How can a man be guilty of anything when he is pushed to commit crimes by the ones

closest to him? Can you put all the blame on Macbeth, no, Macbeth would be the innocent

puppet corrupted by the one person he loved his wife. Even more Macbeth would have never

killed Duncan without the prophecy of the witches. Really can you blame Macbeth pushed

forward with thoughts of magnificent power and pushed on by the woman you love, no man

could refuse to kill with such thoughts of grandeur and guidance. Thats why there is no way

Macbeth can be given all the blame for the bloodshed in the play.

Macbeth is honestly an innocent bystander in this play. He became a puppet of evil for

the witches who throughout the play create terror and mischief. For example when the witches

first meet Macbeth they say to him "Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shall

be king hereafter!" (Act I.2.49-50). These lines corrupt Macbeth with thoughts of supreme power

and plant the seeds of evil in his soul. Even worse as the play progresses the witches throw away

Macbeth after they use. They leave him left in a cloud of darkness that they created and when he

is left alone he is scared and helpless which makes him commit even more violence. And that

distilled by magic sleights Shall raise such artificial sprites As by the strength of their illusion

Shall draw him on to his confusion. He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove

wisdom, grace, and fear. And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy. (Act III.5.26-

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wanted. Ok it could be said that Macbeths response to her death was cold but when you think

about it he was finally rid of the main thing that made him commit evil. So her death came as a

gift of god or Hecate.

Lastly in the end Macbeth was nothing more than a hero pushed to do evil acts. In one

area he was pushed to kill to ensure that the woman he loved could be given the life she desired

and that the Witches put thoughts of power in his head corrupting him. Macbeth is innocent

caught between to influential voices that pushed him to evil and madness.