The King's trust in Macbeth demonstrates how valuable Macbeth is to the King. ... 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. ....

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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. ... These quotes reveal to both characters that Macbeth will be the next king, and Banquo will be the father of a king. ... Once Macbeth receives his prophecy, he has no means for morality, and his decisions reveal this. ...

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After hearing from the Three Witches that he will indeed become a king, he mind immediately drifts onto how he will replace Duncan as king. ... 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 Ban...

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The art of foreseeing the future and predicting ones fate is a gift the Weird Sisters have. ... Macbeth has never thought of himself as King before hearing the prediction. ... The thought of being King, of having such great power, overshadows any goodness he may have had. ... 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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This aroused Macbeth's curiosity of how he could become King. ... '(2,2,77-78) After it was found out that the king had been murdered, Macbeth was crowned as king because the two sons of Duncan had fled the country. ... Macbeth was aware that the only person who knew about the witches prophecies, was his once friend Banquo. In addition, when Banquo had asked the weird sisters what would happen to him in the future they answered with the words: "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater', "Not so happy, yet much happier', "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. ... At this point,...

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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. After Macbeth has killed King Duncan, he is obviously very torn and awestruck over the incident. ... She tries to get him out of this strange state of mind by once again questioning his man...

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Immediately after hearing the witches'' prophecy that he will be king, Macbeth thinks that he must kill the current king, this being King Duncan, in order to take over the throne. ... So, in returning home, and with the help of persuasion and instigation from his wife, he kills King Duncan. ... 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. ... The end result of Macbeth''s life could have been different, but the...

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All hail Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter! ... However, at this point, Macbeth is loyal to the king, and he rejects the idea of murder, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir." ... Macbeth knows that Banquo presents a threat to his future. ... The witches' could be held partly responsible had Macduff been murdered, because once again they put ideas into Macbeth's mind. ... Charles Dickens once said, "His heart leapt with terror"" while watching Macbeth. ...

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Macbeth in real life was actually a great king, but Shakespeare knew that a play about a thane killing his king to get into Scottish royalty would not sit well with the recently crowned King James. ... The witches even though are considered evil and supernatural, warns Macbeth numerous times that he needs to stop and think about the future ahead. ... Everyone at Macbeth's castle is confused on why King Duncan is the one who is murdered because he is such an admirable king. ... Once again Macbeth chooses to please his wife, who antagonizes Macbeth, and judges his masculinity. ... Macbeth&#...

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Yet the combination of both his ambitious nature and the promising prophesies leads him to kill the king. Macbeth's deep-seated desire to become King is shown in his eagerness to hear more prophecies. ... He is supersititious, and believed that the witches really have the ability to see into the future. ... Whereas Macbeth, given the knowledge of him going to be King, thinks of ways to achieve that. ... Macbeth is willing to sacrifice the natural order of the world, all his beliefs and principles, to preserve his throne for future generations. ...

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Macbeth would have become king regardless of his actions since it was his destiny. ... 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. ... Once Macbeth is informed of his destiny prematurely, he acts in a way to speed up a process that already has been chosen (Act 1 scene3 line 49). Macbeth was destine to become king as was he destine to eventually fail and die. ...

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The witches prophecy that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and future king of Scotland. ... As foretold, Macbeth is crowned king of Scotland. ... Macbeth is killed and Macduff hails Malcolm as king of Scotland. ... Although Macbeth was loyal to his king in the beginning, he became a tyrant when he became king himself. ... Contrary to his inhumane actions Macbeth was once a kind man, too kind of a man in his wife's mind. ...

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The witches plant the idea of being King into Macbeth's mind, which has encourages Macbeth to consider his future. ... 'All hail Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter.' ... Macbeth is indicating that he needs security to be King. ... After the death of Duncan, in Act III, Scene IV, Lady Macbeth once again undermines his masculinity by saying; 'Are you a man?' ... This shows the audience that she is not as evil as was once thought. ...

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The current King is Duncan, a dear friend of Macbeth. In order to gain the title of King, Macbeth must murder Duncan. ... Shakespeare uses this as a way to underline the uncertainty that lies in Macbeth's future as a King. ... Shakespeare also compares Macbeth to the Roman King Tarquin as well as having, "Moves like a ghost," (II, 2, 55 & 56). ... Shakespeare also uses a melancholy tone that expresses of Macbeth has lost his once rigid beliefs of faith. ...

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When Macbeth was written, the king was commonly associated with the sun. ... The quotes "When shall we three meet again- and "That will be ere the set of the sun." both foreshadow the king's death. ... She once wanted darkness to hide herself, but she carried a candle so she contradicted herself. ... It is most evident in the scene where Macbeth visits the witches to seek their insight and his fortune for the future. ... In Act two, scene two, Lady Macbeth waits anxiously for Macbeth to return from killing Duncan, the King of Scotland. ...

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Lady Macbeth intentionally tries to ignore consequence and concentrate on securing Macbeth's future as king of Scotland. ... When Lady Macbeth heard Macbeth pondering the many reasons he shouldn't kill the current king of Scotland, she realized that she was now more committed to the crime than Macbeth was. ... The thought of the evil, which she once accepted, was now an image of terror in her mind. ... She receives a letter from Macbeth with the news that he was prophesied as the king of Scotland. ... The fire sh...

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These three witches proceed in the third scene of Act I to tell Macbeth of three prophecies: He will become the Thane of Cawdor, the King, and already is the Thane of Glamis.   ... When Macbeth firsts hears the prophecies he believes he will become the Thane of Glamis and King by chance since this is how he became the Thane of Cawdor. But once Lady Macbeth toys at the idea of Macbeth's manliness and bravery, Macbeth comes up with a plan to achieve the other prophecies the witches told him.   The Thane of Glamis, Macbeth, consistently contemplates on these three prophecies since he want...

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In this it is evident just how unstable Macbeth is becoming after the demands of his wife to murder King Duncan. ... This proves the lack of faith that Lady Macbeth has in her husband, and also the absences of her once-so-evident control over the situation. Later after the King is dead and Macbeth is crowned Banquo becomes very suspicious, and, Macbeth knowledgeable of Banquo's suspicions. ... In doing so, three weird ones present him with three apparitions to predict future proceeding. ...

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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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