From your reading of "Macbeth" do you think he is actually responsible for the events that take place in the play?

From your reading of "Macbeth" do you think he is actually responsible for the events that take place in the play? In my opinion, the responsibility for Macbeth's downfall and subsequent events in the play can be equally shared between Macbeth, the witches and Lady Macbeth. When Macbeth starts to believe the witches that he would be king, his mind is filled with ideas about how he can accelerate his rise to the throne. Later, …

…feel sorry for Macbeth at the end and feel that he regrets the life he has chosen. I admire him for being a thinking man who constantly worries and thinks about what he is doing with his life and the way he has been living it. In the end he when he says "I have lived long enough", I think he finally realises that he is going to hell for what he has done. Naeem