Following Acts I-III, the last two acts of "Macbeth" are those that show the gradual downfall of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Driven by his ambitions, Macbeth seeks out the witches once more in order to find out more of his future. Believeing that he will never be killed because of the witches' claims Macbeth begins to feel no fear about the consiquences of his actions.
Macbeth graduately becomes paranoid of everyone and kills innocent people in order to keep his supposed threatened position. As Macbeth becomes increasingly mad, his wife, Lady Macbeth begins to feel her first feelings of guilt for their actions. Starting with the Murder of Macduff's wife and children, Lady Macbeth begins to be plagued with quilt for her assisstance in the murder of King Duncan. In the end, driven by unbearable guilt, Lady Macbeth commits suicide. This action only furthurs Macbeth's madness, as he now has no one whom he feels he can trust.
In the end, the prophecy is proven to be a deceving one, as Banquo had claimed. Macbeth is killed after this realization.
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