Importance of Fear in MacbethFear motivates many people to act, whether good or bad. In the play Macbeth, fear was the main motivator that influenced the outcome of the play. Macbeth was afraid of being arrested and having to pay for the wrongs he had committed – which led to the murders that followed that of King Duncan. Macbeth's actions were also motivated by fear of the witches' prophecies: he was afraid that they would come true and tried to prevent them from coming true. Lady Macbeth was also plagued by fear, as evidenced by constant washing of her hands, sleepwalking, and other similar behaviors. This whole piece was inspired by fear and what it does to a person. To begin, we will discuss Macbeth's later murders, after Duncan's. For Macbeth, he has just killed the king of Scotland and blamed his son for it. It worked and he became king, but he remembered the witches' prophecies. They claimed that Macbeth would be king, but that it would be Banquo's children who would follow him. This made Macbeth very angry, he risked everything to become king and after him, no member of his family will follow him. Furthermore, Lady Macbeth is consumed by fear and guilt, she is slowly losing her mind. This is the result of her not being able to handle what she did to Duncan. As shown in this quote “Fi, my lord, fi!” trying to wash what she considers to be blood from her hands. She also mentions an obvious fear of going there for what she did. In the beginning, it was Lady Macbeth who caused Macbeth to kill Duncan. his life just before the start of the battle against the English. This elimination of his own life demonstrates his fear and, ultimately, what that fear can do to a person. Now coming to the witches' prophecies, these are the main source of fear. for Macbeth, after all, where did he learn everything from? With each new vision, Macbeth falls deeper and deeper into an evil spiral..