The witches were the ultimate perpetrators of deception in Macbeth. ... The witches" trickery did not stop there. The second time the witches meet with Macbeth they told him "none of woman born should harm Macbeth." ... She pressured Macbeth into the murder by questioning his manhood, "when you durst do, then you were a man." ... Lady Macbeth then enters the room wondering what the alarm bells were about and "fainted." ...

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There is not only one particular person who was responsible for the downfall of Macbeth. ... He was then led to believe that these predictions would come true, but they would need to be acted upon. ... She placed his manhood on his decision, "When you durst d it, then you were a man; and to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." ... Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. ...

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In the play "MacBeth" there is a build up of tension in the characters and the plot itself that leads to justice. ... This then leads to MacBeth and Banquo encountering the three witches. ... MacBeth then orders that MacDuff's castle be seized and that Lady MacDuff and her children be murdered. ... MacBeth then learns that Lady MacBeth has killed herself, causing him to sink into a deep despair. ... They were both fuelled by evil and their guilt that ate away at their minds proved to be their downfall. ...

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Some of the predictions begin to come true as if it were fate that they happened. ... Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is near no more. ... When he is about to kill King Duncan a dagger is there and he says it must be fate. ... Even when the predictions were coming true he says: Banquo. ... If Macbeth had approached the situation as Banquo had, then it could be said that is was fate that caused Macbeth to murder King Duncan. ...

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In the play "Macbeth", there were many interesting sections that could be concentrated on due to the suspense and the involvement of the supernatural. ... Then the bell rings and Macbeth stealthily proceeds up the staircase to Duncan's chamber. ... There is constantly more guilt and fear inside Macbeth and his wife that they decide to have Banquo killed. ... Then the second apparition appears (a bloody child), and says: "Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth." ...

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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. ... There are two powerful external influencers that help sway Macbeth's thought...

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The witches also predicted that Banquo's children would be kings by stating, "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none". ... As Fleance's survival suggests, it seems there can be no escape from the supernatural prophecies of the witches. ... As the ghost is present, Macbeth exclaims, "If trembling I inhabit then, protest me / The baby of a girl. ... All three of the supernatural apparitions set forth by the witches were accurate, and led to the collapse of Macbeth's rule. ...

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When you durst do it, then you were a man, And, to be more that what you were, you would Be so much more a man." ... So instead she thinks that if they just get rid of all the evidence, then they will both be fine and no one will find out. ... How easy is it then!" ... Apart from Lady Macbeth's taunting and pressuring, he feels that there is nothing pushing him into murdering King Duncan, only ambition. ... Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none: So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!" ...

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Throughout history, there has been strict gender roles set in place for people to follow. During Shakespearean times, women were considered the weaker sex, emotionally and physically. Women were expected to always listen and obey their husbands and never make the rules. ... While Macbeth knows that murder must occur in order for him to become King, he,"dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none (I, VII, 47-48)." ... Lady Macbeth goes as far to tell Macbeth,"When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the ma...

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According to Lady Macbeth, there is no "illness" or badness in his personality. ... But her words aren't as powerful as they were in Act 1, Scene VII. ... One; two: why, then 'tis time to do't. ... What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? ... " In the beginning, they were bound together by a great love, but now this love has completely disappeared. ...

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King Duncan and his army were locked in all out war with Norwegian forces. ... After being told by the witches that he would soon become king he simply believes that, "if chance may crown [him] king, [then] chance may crown [him], without [his] stir," (1.3.143-144). ... It was never Macbeth's place to become a king, he was a great warrior and Duncan was a great king and there was no reason to upset that balance. ... We see this more towards the end of the play when the witches convince Macbeth to, "laugh at scorn, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.... This shows tha...

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King Duncan and his army were locked in all out war with Norwegian forces. ... After being told by the witches that he would soon become king he simply believes that "if chance may crown [him] king, [then] chance may crown [him], without [his] stir"(1.3.143-144). ... It was never Macbeth's place to become a king, he was a great warrior and Duncan was a great king and there was no reason to upset that balance. ... We see this more towards the end of the play when the witches convince Macbeth to "laugh at scorn, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth." ... This shows that ...

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This is evident when the Sergeant says, " For Brave Macbeth (well he does deserve that name)" (I, ii, 16) There is also evidence that King Duncan himself regards Macbeth very highly when he says, " O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!" ... s Macbeth as a hero at the very beginning of the play, putting him high in the readers mind, and then afterwards the reader can see very clearly his descent from an obvious hero to a person with fewer or no worthy qualities at all, and of much lesser stature in the world. ... The prophecies, which the witches spoke to Macbeth, were one of the factors that con...

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