Combination of Macbeth's ambition, and the Witches power over him

 Macbeth’s disintegration was due to a combination of his hamartia, and the Weird sisters / Lady Macbeth’s influence on his actions. As the play begins Macbeth is introduced as a brave and loyal soldier. Though he has ambitions they are hardly apparent, as one focuses on his overwhelming eagerness to be loyal to his friends. However, when Macbeth hears the prophecies of the Weird sisters, everything goes array. Initially after hearing the prophecies Macbeth is curious but at the same time unwilling to believe. Though, when the prophecies begin to come true Macbeth’s hand is somewhat forced as he believes that he has little choice in the matter of becoming King. He is ambitious and does desire to be king, however he continually mentions that he is a friend to King Duncan and that all is good in the world with him leading Scotland. It is the role of Lady Macbeth to push Macbeth into doing something he would have never done on his own. The Weird sisters play the vital role in planting the ideas of what could be, in Macbeth’s mind, and Lady Macbeth is important as her actions and influence on Macbeth cause him to take a path that in turn leads to his demise. The prophecies were destined to come true, however, who is to say that if Macbeth had not been pushed to kill Duncan that they would have not. If the outside forces had not convinced Macbeth to kill Duncan, Duncan could have died naturally and Macbeth could have been a good king rather than a tyrant overrun by guilt and a fear of falling as King Duncan had. Once Macbeth kills King Duncan he causes his own disintegration, as he doesn’t stop there, the lure of power causes him to continue to murder any who oppose him. He becomes so power hungry and overrun by guilt that he begins to go insane. As well, when he again turns to the Weird Sisters they manipulate him into believing that he is invincible. It is because of their second set of prophecies that he is ultimately killed however this is both because they “trick” him by stating what seems impossible, and because Macbeth is so overrun by power that his ambitions to be not only king, but indeed invincible, take over. As most have said, Macbeth’s downward spiral is caused by both the Weird Sister’s “trickery” and Macbeth's tragic flaw of ambition.

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