The witches predict that Macbeth will not only be Thane of Glamis and Thane of Cawdor, but he will also be Scotland's future king which gives Macbeth hope for his fated future. ... His wife, Lady Macbeth, encourages him to murder Duncan to remove the obstacles in the way of his future reign on Scotland. ... Once Macbeth secures his reign on Scotland, he becomes paranoid that the position will be taken from him, resulting in him betraying the people around him; his once moral character has disappeared. ... When Macbeth meets with the witches a second time to discover what his future holds,...

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The witches who only have the power to for see the future inform Macbeth of his destiny (Act 1 scene 3 line 50). ... The sisters do not create the future but merely transcend the border of visible and natural, and their words bridge the gap between the present and the future. ... By disclosing Macbeth's future they did not change the outcome of Macbeth destiny. ... The witches do not have the power to change fate, but only have the power to for see the future. ... Once Macbeth is informed of his destiny prematurely, he acts in a way to speed up a process that already has been chosen (A...

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Macbeth learns of his future and uses his freewill to ensure it becomes reality. ... However, when it was proven that the witches were correct, Macbeth believed in the prediction that he would become king, which at the moment it was given, may or may not have been the future reality. ... He then dismisses it saying that the future will come "Without [his] stir"" (Act 1, Scene 3, line 143). ... As Macbeth prepares for war, nearing the time of his death, he speaks with the witches once more whose spirits tell Macbeth, "Laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth. ...

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In the beginning of the play, when the witches tell Macbeth of his promising future, Lady Macbeth is the first person he writes to. ... Once Lady Macbeth brainwashes Macbeth into murdering the king, she begins to plan the murder. ... Once the king arrives at Macbeth's castle, Lady Macbeth does what she told her husband to do. ...

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Once Macbeth is unaccompanied, he expresses his fears in Banquo, saying: To be thus is nothing, But to be safely thus. ... He is fearful of Banquo's sons and grandsons, which the witches predicted will be future kings of Scotland. ... (Pg 145) In this quote, Lady Macbeth is once again criticizing her husband's manhood. ... They promise great things for Macbeth's future, which drives him into the direction of eagerness to fulfill his prophecy, even through unfair means. ... Once Macbeth receives his prophecy, he has no means for morality, and his decisions reveal this. ...

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Once he has made the decision, it is irreversible and produces his downfall. ... Once the witches give him the prophecy of becoming king, he immediately thinks about how he can accomplish this. ... He shows great faith in the witches" words, not once considering that they may be apparitions of evil. ... By deciding to murder Duncan, he determines his future. ...

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The main idea of fatalism revolves around the belief that we humans, are powerless to do anything that we actually want to do, including the fact that man has no power to override the future along with his own actions. ... A fatalist believes that he cannot do anything about the future. ... There are various ways in which a man might get to thinking in this fatalistic way about the future, but they would be most likely to result from ideas derived from theology. ... Unfortunately, he was unable to prevent the outcome of his future since his destiny had already been decided for him and he could...

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He encounters the witches in Act1, scene1, and from this point he is now a step closer to realising what his future holds... ... She is very pleased to hear of Macbeth's victory and she is very supportive once he's successfully considered thane of Cawdor. ... Macbeth tells her what the witches see in his future, and this gives her scope to an even grander possibilty; they can kill the king and make the vision actuality. ...

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Macbeth is a character who chooses to embrace the evil despite once being a strong noble character. ... Once the witches show him his future, he becomes obsessed with speeding up the anticipated coming into power. ... Once Macbeth seizes power through violence and murder, his life is darkened with the crime of regicide, he has killed a rightful, good and much loved king. ... It was not as simple as it once looked for Macbeth, his evil within got the better and he was lead on an impulsive journey of destruction.He becomes murderer and he loses sight of his humanity, he has no morality governi...

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Once the battle in Scotland has ended, blood is used to express courage and bravery. ... Once Duncan is murdered, the meaning of blood transitions to guilt. ... Lady Macbeth changes from being ready to kill anybody to being resentful and scared of what will happen to her in the future. ... After he kills once, he will continue to kill. ... Once Macduff's family has been killed, blood becomes the guilt that they will have forever. ...

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Once more she accomplishes this through manipulation. ... The three witches add temptation, predict the future, and influence Macbeth, but they cannot control his destiny. Macbeth himself creates his own problem once he is pushed by the guilt of his actions. ...

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This gives the audience a clue to what the future holds for Macbeth. ... Once the murder has been committed, eventually Banquo has his suspicions about Macbeth killing Duncan to have power of the throne. ... Once the murderer notified Macbeth that the deed was done, he observed the ghost of Banquo sitting in his regular seat. ...

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The art of foreseeing the future and predicting ones fate is a gift the Weird Sisters have. By revealing Macbeth's fate to him, these witches not only give him a look into the future, they also enforce where his fate is taking him. ... The prophecy awakens his ambition and exposes what is going to happen to him in the future. ... Once he has killed Duncan, Macbeth begins to feel much insecurity and cannot trust those around him; he becomes paranoid. ...

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After the witches tell Macbeth he will be Thane of Cawdor and a future king, Ross mets Macbeth and tell his that King Duncan "bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor" giving him to good news of his new title (1.3.356). ... With the first part of the witches' prophecies holding true, he seeks their prophecies again, this time showing him the future instead of just telling it to him. ... The assassination attempt failed with only Banquo being killed, and Fleance nearly escaping with his life and with it, his destiny to be a future king. ... The once honorable Macbeth never t...

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In the beginning of Macbeth, three witches portray Macbeth's future by telling him he will become Thane of Cawdor, and then King of Scotland. ... Macbeth soon starts to lose sight of those moralities he once had and he continues to go on to kill Banquo's wife and son in order to keep his throne. ...

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The past is pushing him ahead and the future is creeping in on him. ... The general connotation of death is one of darkness and sorrow, but he now views it as an escape or an end to the light, which had once brought him glory but now only brings him shame. ...

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Persuasion: a deadly sin? When caught in the middle of a dilemma, we usually turn towards those we love for advice, since after all they are the ones to whom we listen. In William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", Lady Macbeth is of great influence to Macbeth. She reveals her...

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The past is pushing him ahead and the future is creeping in on him. ... The general connotation of death is one of darkness and sorrow, but he now views it as an escape or an end to the light, which had once brought him glory but now only brings him shame. ...

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"Lady Macbeth's immediate reaction to the prophecy is to try to occupy, immediately, the promised future, as if the consequential moment of tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow could somehow be finessed: " They letters have transported me beyond/ This ignorant present, and I feel now/ The Future in the instant."... These next few scenes once again show how powerful Lady Macbeth is in the relationship. ... She tries to get him out of this strange state of mind by once again questioning his manhood, while at the same time giving the excuse to the guests that he is not well. ...

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He is immediately thinking of the witches" prediction and what success may be in the future for him. ... Once the ball is rolling he becomes possessed by his desire to succeed. ... However there are other factors forcing him to do this and it would have never happen without them even having considered his ruthlessness once he has got into full swing. ... He knows that there are great things in his future when they prophesise his future reign as king and this causes him to do things that he wouldn't do if they didn't lead to his rise to success. ...

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By the end of the play, his ambition has driven him to commit a series of horrendous acts that, once begun, he is powerless to stop. ... King Duncan awards Macbeth for his heroism by granting him a title which once belonged to the Thane of Cawdor, who sided with the enemy during war. ... Once suspicions of his involvement in Duncan's death arouse he planned to kill those who suspected him. ... Macbeth and Duncan meet, resulting in the death of Macbeth and the fall of the once revered hero. ...

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Macbeth knows that the witches are trying to get the best of him, and as a result, Macbeth decides to make another visit to the witches to find out what is going on and to decide what his future actions will be. ... In this case, the witches were once again a source of Macbeth''s downfall because, by the witches boosting his confidence, they convinced him that he could do anything, and would not get in trouble for it, which caused him to want even more, and to feel that he could do anything to get at that point. ... The end result of Macbeth''s life could have been differen...

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By doing this, the witches encourage Macbeth to consider his future. In the play, these three witches have the ability to foresee the future and as a result, they can influence Macbeth. ... Once he kills for the first time, he is constantly trying to cover up the suspicion of others and rid himself of guilt. ...

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At the beginning of the play the three witches seem to be able to predict the future. ... (I, vii, 51-52) And becomes horribly greedy he decides to go against his own opinion which was that he would not interfere with the future and he decides to go ahead with his wife's decision and murder King Duncan, in order for him to become king. ... There are three main images that occur in this theme, the image of sleep, because once Macbeth and Lady Macbeth realize what they have done they begin to lose sleep over it, hallucinations, because the Macbeth's start seeing things...

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" (I.iii.51) They did not tell Macbeth how exactly he was going to be king, just that in the future he would become king of Scotland. After Macbeth had heard about his future, Banquo wanted the same. ... However, once Duncan was murdered, their relationship began to grow fragile. ...

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