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People and ideas can greatly affect the outcome of a person’s life, determining whether the outcome will be successful or disastrous. Decisions and actions can also influence outcome. This is the case in Macbeth. Many factors cause the ruin of Macbeth and for that reason, all the blame for his downfall cannot be placed on Macbeth himself, despite the fact that he is the one that commits or has people commit the murders which …

…will one day become the king. The fact that Macbeth knows that he is destined to become king, and that Lady Macbeth convinces him to commit the first murder, mark the beginning of Macbeth’s journey on the path of evil stopping along the way, to carry out more murders devoid of feeling, and to isolate himself from the people he loves and the people of his country, the end of which, is his downfall.