Therefore, the witches prophecy was enough to convince Macbeth of the truth, but too much as to where he shapes his own prophecy, encouraging events to happen or trying to prevent them through murder and persuasion.

Murder:

• His first murder, when he kills the king (this is what causes the killing spree)

• When he murders Banquo because he sees him as a threat and tries to kill his son to prevent him from becoming king

• Lastly, Macbeth being murdered himself. He couldn’t prevent this outcome, and therefore died from his own ambitious actions the same way they started, murder

Persuasion:

• At first his tells himself there is no reason to kill the king, but persuades himself and by his wife to kill king duncan

• He then had to convince everyone these murders were not him, proving himself innocent by showing self-interest in others by hosting a dinner

• Turns his back on Banquo, and persuades everyone by telling them that he is responsible for the downfall of all the killings (then kills him)

His ambition to become and stay king lead him to kill his best friend Banquo, which caused Macbeth to see Banquo's ghost at the banquet, showing his psychological decline.

Also, Macbeth sent assassins to kill Macduff to prevent him from overthrowing Macbeth. This lead to the deaths of Macduff's entire family, showing Macbeth's moral decline.

Additionally, Macbeth hallucinates a dagger in the air just before going to kill King Duncan. This demonstrates his psychological decline from his ambition to become king.

Lastly, Macbeth became overly ambitious after hearing the prophecies of the witches that proclaimed he could not be killed by men of women born and that he was safe until Birnam wood marched to Dunsinane. This lead to him fighting and killing many people, until being stopped by Macduff, which can potentially be attributed to his moral and psychological decline.

Macbeth starts off as a beloved hero, him and Banquo were both 2 generals that had helped Scotland win the war against Ireland and Norway. Him and Banquo seem to be great friends and the 2 stumble upon 3 witches that predict that Macbeth would become king, and that Banquo would birth the future kings. However, this version of Macbeth doesn’t buy it, he doesnt see how this could be possible, that is until, the witches 3rd prophecy becomes true when Macbeth is given the title “Thane of Cawdor”. It is because of this he messages his wife Lady Macbeth what had happened, and she immediately starts scheming.

At this point in the play, while the idea of becoming king intrigues Macbeth, he is still the beloved character at the start of the play, that is untill Lady Macbeth would tell Macbeth to Kill the king in order for him to become king himself. While Macbeth doesn’t want to, Lady Macbeth would pressure and bully Macbeth into doing so, starting his spiral downward. The guilt Macbeth posses gets to him, he becomes scared, paranoid, and starts to sleep less, and he would start to act reckless and stop any on potentially in his way no matter how bad it looks.

And example of this would be when he kills banquo just because he’s worried about the witches predicting he would birth the future line of kings, and seeing his ghost during the banquet would make him go crazy and freak out in front of everyone. Macbeth would also kill Macduffs entire family just because he didn’t show up to his ceremony.

(Not finished, requires concluding paragraph)