Macbeth is to blame

“Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind” (William Shakespeare). Suspicion arises from the very beginning of Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, starting with the opening scene, where the witches imply that nothing is what it seems. This suspicion continues throughout this tragedy, causing murder after murder. But whose guilty mind is suspicion haunting? One could argue that many own the guilty mind, but this play clearly shows that Macbeth is the owner. Macbeth is to blame for the many tragedies in this play because his suspicion and ambition causes him to conduct murder after murder.
Although the witches gave the idea of murdering Duncan to Macbeth, they didn’t put the dagger through his heart. Macbeth’s ambition for the throne is what caused his insanity. Once he heard there was hope to be king, he was going to do everything possible to make his dream come true. While Banquo shrugged off the prophecies, by letting them take there own course, Macbeth immediately had ...