Macbeth: Occurrences That Led To Macbeth's Downfall

Part I of Essay
Macbeth, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, is the story of a man who became so ambitious that he brought upon his own downfall. Macbeth had many elements in his life that many peopled admired. Macbeth was a strong leader, had a beautiful and faithful wife, good friends, an ....

Part II of Essay
.... that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage to remorse… Come to my woman's breasts, and take my milk for gall…" (Act I, Scene V, ll 46-54, pp 35) Is possibly the most important passage that leads to Lady Macbeth's death. She calls on the evil spirits to "unsex" her, and to replace her "milk" with "gall." It seems that she wants to be the most cruelest being in the world. The theme of the life cycle is amplified i ....