Can Macbeth be held responsible for his own actions, or was he influences through other forces.

For nearly four hundred years, Shakespeare's work has been entertaining the public not just because of the beauty of the poetry but its relevance to today's society. During the course of the tragedy, 'Macbeth', we see power corrupting a heroic figure and making him a vicious, sinful tyrant. In today's culture, we see this happening to popular figures in other countries like Stalin in Russia. At the beginning of the play, we see Macbeth as …

…that first cries "Hold, enough!"' Order is restored in Scotland. In brief, I feel Macbeth's fate was justifiable in the end although there were other people to blame for his corruption. Macbeth's heroic defiance in the end reminds us of the valiant and dauntless person he was before the witches' prophecies. Although he was racked with guilt after the murder, I feel he deserved what he got and that it was a suitable ending.