Macbeth Blog #2

What do you think about the character of Macbeth? Was he a good guy before he met the witches, or do his actions imply that he was always capable of dark deeds? Is he to blame for his actions, or are the witches really to blame?

Maceth i think is a character who does not know how to control himself. He is rather controlled by others such as the witches, Lady Macbeth, and somewhat King Duncan. For some reason, i get this sense of goodness through Macbeth even if he did murder King Duncan. I think that Macbeth is not really sure why he has killed King Duncan when he had respected him so much. That transition in his mind and thought... where did it come from? I think the witches strongly have to do something with how Macbeth thinks and what he should do in the future.
In the beginning of the play, we are presented with 3 witches where they give us a foreshadow of evil deeds later in the play. They also say where they should meet Macbeth, which gives us a clue that they will be involving Macbeth into their evil deeds.
One example we can see within the play is the scene right before the murder. Macbeth sees or hallucinates a dagger that leads him to the killing of King Duncan. It's as if he is a puppet on a string controlled by the witches and does everything for the witches and get blamed for it.
However, i think we cannot fully blame the witches for all the evil deeds that Macbeth comitts. I think that Macbeth himself is just not a strong character who can have self-control nor self discipline. Everybody has evil thoughts and temptation of wanting to do things that shouldn't be done. However, we all have the right to choose what to do and not to do. Therefore, witches may have a huge role in making Macbeth do bad things, but we cannot fully blame them for Macbeth's actions.