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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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

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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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. ...

• Word Count: 1874
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• Grade Level: High School