Macbeth
Three factors that are at work to destroy Macbeth are the flaws in his owncharacter, the forces of evil of the Devil represented by the Tree Weird Sisters, and LadyMacbeth. Lady Macbeth is held accountable for the destruction of Macbeth through herpersuasiveness, cruelty, and persistancy. Lady Macbeth talks a good talk. After she read the letter Macbeth sent her,telling of his encounter with the witches, she fears that Macbeth is not ruthless enough,he is "too full o' th' milk of human kindness." A
Lady Macbeth begins to taunt him saying that he will only be a man when hecommits this murder. fter receiving the letter she insistMacbeth to come home as soon as possible so that she can "pour spirits in his ear. She wanted to stipherself of any compassion. Lady Macbeth saw remorse and peace as a sign of feminine values. She tellshim that she would take her own baby and dash its brains out to attain her goals. Lady Macbeth speakes well with her words and was able toget her husband to kill Duncan as she had wished. Lady Macbeth becomes unatural andinhuman. She wants Macbeth to murder Duncan no matter what the pain is. In act 1 Lady Macbeth takes the womanhood out of her by calling to the spirits to"unsex" her and fill her with cruelty, taking away her natural womanly compassion. The night the murder was to take place, Macbeth dedides to backout. Her transformation to cruelty allowed her to controll Macbeth and make him doas she wished for her greed to become queen. " Thisis implying that she wanted to encourage him in the murder that he must commit, themurder of Duncan. Afterbeing unsexed she swears herself to bloody deeds. These three forces lead to the demise ofMacbeth.
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