My claim: Macbeth was a victim of his own greed for power facilitating his transformation into a villain.

That is all well and done but then there is the subject of Macbeth just excepting his fate. What I mean by that is when Macbeth first meets the witches and they tell him the prophecy he accepted it and did not even try to change it where as you or I would have just called them crazy and gone one with our lives. Not Macbeth though, he chooses to just accept it and goes on killing and betraying his friends and kin without thinking of the consequences of his actions . Why? because he had to the witches told him it would be so, that is no excuse for murdering innocent women and children as well as noble men. The witches were just a cover for Macbeth's own greed for power like blaming your dog for eating your homework even though you now full well that you were just to lazy to do it.

Another important point is the sanity of Macbeth , the stability of his mind and his ability to reason. This is shown to use by crazed vision experienced by Macbeth at time; for instance, when Macbeth is wondering down the hallway and he finds the floating dagger. This would be considered by most physiologists as an extreme case of INSANITY!

Not to mention the the influence from Macbeth's power hungry wife and her need to take power of the thrown. She was the one who was constantly egging on Macbeth to kill King Duncan and take power of the thrown and become King! She was also the one who eventually planned the murder of the king, she is the one who poisoned the guards and fetched the daggers after the deadly dead was done.

But was Macbeth not influenced by the witches prophecy. The one that said he would be king and persuaded him to murder the king. These Prophecies also drove Macbeth to murder Banquo who was both a friend and a brother in arms, fighting many battles together and always coming out on top .

My claim: Macbeth was a victim of his own greed for power facilitating his transformation into a villain.