Macbeths demise

             *Macbeth's demise can be attributed to his lack of understanding of what it means to be king. Discuss
             In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare we witness the rise and fall of Macbeth, Macbeth's downfall can be accredited to his deficiency of knowledge of what it means to be king, Macbeth is somewhat perceptive as to what it requires to be King, yet he is somewhat led off the track by his greater feelings of ambition, greed, power and also Macbeth being heavily influenced by others' feelings which take precedence over his own true feelings of what it means to be king.
             Commencing at the beginning of the play, the audience is introduced to Macbeth who is revealed to be ambitious. From Act I Scene III Macbeth begins to mull over the witches' third prophecy and he begins to speculate on the subject of how he may grow to be king. In Act II Scene II King Duncan is murdered by Macbeth, which already is a failure in Macbeth to demonstrate to the audience one of the numerous qualities a King must encompass which is Loyalty.
             In Act III Scene I Macbeth employs two men to murder Banquo and Fleance as they are but a further rung for which Macbeth to climb on his rise to holding his position of being King, Another quality of a King is one of trustworthiness and Macbeth is shown to be trusted by Banquo and Fleance yet "Back-Stabs" them by ordering them to be murdered.
             During Act V Scene V Macbeth is still relying on the witches' prophecies to secure his own triumph in the battle yet he ought to be relying on his own skills as a soldier to secure victory. In Act V Scene VII Macbeth kills young Siward that does somewhat demonstrate one of the qualities necessary to being King that is bravery, which Macbeth somewhat shows in battling young Siward.
             In Act V Scene VIII Macduff finds Macbeth. They Fight, Macduff tells Macbeth that he is "not of woman born" in the normal sense i.e. being bo
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