Macbeth made many bold moves after hearing the witches tell him that he would one day be Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. At first Macbeth was skeptical, but that quickly changed when Macbeth heard of his new title as Thane of Cawdor. When Macbeth’s desires got the better of him, he made a very bold move; he killed Duncan. “I have no spur/ To prick the sides of my intent, but only/ Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself/ And falls on th’ other—"(I, vii, 25-28). Macbeth acted solely on his own amb

The three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth were the exciting force throughout the play. They were dark characters, and were very important to the movement of the plot. Having contributed to Macbeth’s boldness, overconfidence, and destruction, the witches were not responsible for Macbeth’s actions. Had Macbeth done what he knew was right, and listened to what the witches were actually trying to say to him, the play of Macbeth would not have ended up being a tragedy.

ition. He tried to take the witches’ prophecy and speed it up instead of letting it go through its natural course.

After the murder of Duncan, Macbeth believed that Banquo was suspicious of him. Macbeth once again made a bold move without thinking about the consequences. Macbeth got two men to murder Banquo so that Banquo could not harm Macbeth’s success as king. Macbeth made many moves that could have easily harmed his own success; the murder of Banquo included. Macbeth also remembered that the witches told him that Banquo’s sons would someday be king. He told the murderers to kill both Banquo and his son, Fleance, so that Banquo’s future relatives would not be crowned. Macbeth misunderstoo

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