Who is responsible for Macbeths down fall? there is no doubt that Macbeth is partly responsible for his own downfall but he is also influenced by Lady Macbeth and the Witches. When Macbeth first meets the Witches, Banquo notices that he is amazed by what they have to say and Banquo describes him as 'rapt withal' and Macbeth tells them, "Stay you imperfect speakers". Macbeth is already thinking of becoming King before he sees Lady …showed first 75 words of 243 total…

…showed last 75 words of 243 total…couldst!" After he is crowned King, Macbeth becomes independent of Lady Macbeth and plans Banquo and Fleance's murder alone. He visits the Witches again and believes what they have to say and their prophecies cause him to send murderers to kill Macduff's family. In conclusion, Macbeth is partly to blame but he is greatly influenced by the Witches and his wife. I think that he would not have carried out Duncan's murder without her persuasion.