In the play Macbeth, the main character Macbeth takes an easy route to gain power by killing the king. Similar to most of Shakespeare's plays, this play shows a rise and fall of a great man. There are many tragic events that take place in this play. One of important ones is the killing of Duncan, which has been committed by Macbeth. The tragic downfall of Macbeth was determined by his three motives: the witches, Lady Macbeth, ambitions.
The witches play a very important role in leading Macbeth to commit evil deeds. The three weird sisters are preparing a surprise for Macbeth, a surprise that will eventually cost him his life. They trick Macbeth making him believe that he is fated to be Thane of Cawdor. This makes him think that the other two prophecies will be fulfilled, "Told the story of Cawdors disloyalty, Macbeth starts to believes the witches prophecies" (Rozakis, Laurie: 1999: 238). As Rozakis says, the witches too easily tricked Macbeth, which made him want his third prophesy, to become king, to come true as well. The readers notice that Macbeth's royal dreams and his ambition take over his good side. Throughout the play the witches with the dark, supernatural powers trick and deceive Macbeth. They convince him to continue walking down the bloody path, which eventually leads to his downfall. .
After the witches awaken Macbeth's desires of becoming king, his wife begins to push Macbeth towards carrying out the murder of Duncan. Lady Macbeth predicts that all Macbeth wants is to become king; so she decides that she has to force her husband to do something he will not do without her encouragement. Lady Macbeth acts like a mother who forces her child to do homework, which the child doesn't want to do. The mother, who wants a child to do homework so the child can be successful in life, Lady Macbeth does as well; She wants Macbeth to be the king of Scotland. Lady Macbeth uses numerous ways to convince Macbeth to kill Duncan.
