Madness of Macbeth
By: Isabelle Burton
Who is to blame?
Because the witches told Macbeth prophecies, they planted a seed into his mind. The thoughts kept growing inside of Macbeth's head. When the begging of the prophecy came true, Macbeth assumed the others would come true. He was the only one that could make them come true for himself. The witches had no reason to meddle with other people's live and the way they did lead to many deaths.
If the witches had not chosen to cause trouble then the death of beloved king Duncan would have been avoided entirely. Macbeth only murdured king Duncan because he thought it was destiny or fate but the real reason Duncan was murderd was because the witches wanted trouble. They are also the cause of Macbeth's insanity. The witches are the only thing that drives Macbeth insane. They imeadiatly give is a false sense of security.
Witches stur up trouble
The witches trick Macbeth into thinking he can be king. In turn they were only tricking him. They knew that the first of the prophecy would come true, this led to Macbeth's trust for them. Then they made him think that he was eventually invincible and made him crazy in the process.
Macbeth driven crazy
Above is some of Macbeth's own words when he was going crazy. He is also talking about guilt. He feels guilty because the witches have pressured him into killing king Duncan. After the first prophecy of becoming thane of Glamis comes true for Macbeth, he is convinced to be king. Macbeth becomes power hungry and does the terrible act of murder.
Leads to murder
(Macbeth)"It will have blood, they say. Blood will have blood. Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak."(3.4.7)
The witches actions of making Macbeth insane led to many deaths (mostly murders). All of the murders were done by Macbeth but, he didn't make himself insane. The witches are overall responsible for the deaths and murders because they made Macbeth insane.
The witches give Macbeth a false sense of security that leads to his own defeat
The witches begin Macbeth's troubles
Double, double toil and trouble,
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
When the witches say this chant they give off to feeling of being up to no good.
When the hurly burly's done,
When the battle is lost and won.
The witches knew what the consequence would be in turn of their actions. They decided to do it anyway despite the knowledge of the trouble it would cause.
Show his eyes,and grieve his heart;
come like shadows, so depart!
When the witches talk about grieving Macbeth's heart they want him to feel sad and guilty for his actions when in turn they caused the mess. As they talk about coming like shadows and departing it symbolizes them being dark and disappearing.
Holding onto you
"Holding onto you" by Twenty-One Pilots describes how the witches are "holding on" to Macbeth. The lyric where he says "This ain't a noose this is a leash and from now on you must obey me" describes how the witches pull Macbeth around like he has a leash on and how the leash is a noose shows how when they pull him around it is slowly killing him.