Macbeth: Macbeth A Tragic Hero - His Strengths, His Weaknesses, His Tragic Flaw And The Effect Of Outside Influences On His Nature

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"metaphysical" influences is a lethal cocktail
which propels him to his fate. The witches' ambiguous prophesies affected
Macbeth by making him curious to why they greated him as Thane of Cawdor and
why he would soon become king. Ambition seemed to be Macbeth's forte but after
the murder of King Duncan, which led to the murder of others, including
Macduff's family, it became his frailty.
In general, the witches and Lady Macbeth were responsible for causing
Macbeth ambition to become tragic flaw. Lady Macbeth, although not having any
direct influences on Macbeth's fate, affected his character deterioration by
testing his courage and manhood by suggesting that he is a coward for not
taking "the shortest way". When Macbeth starts to come to his senses and tells
his wife that they won't murder Duncan, she replies: "How tender 'tis to love
the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd
my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I ...

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