What are examples of macbeths downfall?

Answer 1

King Duncan thinks Macbeth is a good and virtuous man, when in reality, Macbeth is plotting his murder

Answer 2

In Act II, Scene iii:

Lennox's speech (lines 48- 54) contains the pathetic fallacy

"Our chimneys were blown down, and, as they say, Lamentings heard i' th' air, strange screams of death, and prophesying with accents terrible of dire combustion and confused events new hatched to th' woeful time: the obsure bird clamored the livelong night. Some say, the earth was feverous and did shake."

Answer 3

Examples of Macbeth's downfall in Shakespeare's play include his ambition leading to murder, his increasing paranoia and guilt consuming him, and his ultimate downfall due to the consequences of his actions as well as the witches' prophecies coming true.

Answer 4

He starts Act 3 as king and ends Act 5 headless and dead. What other examples could you possibly want?

Answer 5

Having the weather being wild, with chimneys blown down and so on, on the night Duncan is murdered is a pathetic fallacy. The weather mirrors the emotional situation of turbulence and strife.