At the beginning of the play, three witches meet Macbeth and Banquo as they return from a battle. They predict that Macbeth will be named Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland and that Banquo will be the father of kings. The witches vanish and Ross, a nobleman of Scotland, enters to greet Macbeth with the title of Cawdor, which was taken from a traitor whom is to be executed. All three men then go to the Palace of Forres, where King Duncan reassures Macbeth of his entitlement. Announcing that his eldest son, Malcolm, is to be his heir, Duncan states his intention to visit Macbeth's castle, Glamis. Macbeth starts to believe the prophecies of the witches that he will be the King and at this point his ambition begins to take hold of

The assassination of King Duncan makes his sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, conscious of the fact that their lives are in grave danger, they decide to leave at once. Being that the heir to the throne is gone, Macbeth is crowned King of Scotland. He begins to realize that his reign would not last long and according to the prophecy he must hand his kingdom to Banquo’s offspring instead of his own. Macbeth concludes that killing King Duncan and bearing the guilt is to be easy pass on to strangers, “On my head they placed a sterile crown and put a barren scepter in my hand-to be wrenched from me by a stranger, instead of handed to a son of mine. I’ve corrupted my mind for Banquo’s offspring….Rather than that, I challenge fate to the death!”(3.1.60-70) He plans to overturn the witches' prophecy by sending two murders to kill both Banquo and his son, Fleance. However, the murders were only able to kill Banquo, letting Fleance escape. This is where the audience begins to see that Macbeth is blinded by his ambition and acts solely on it; Not even his wife is involved with all of his affairs anymore and bids her to "Stay in ignorance” (

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King Duncan, Hill Dunsinane”, Lady Macbeth, William Shakespeare, Cumberland That’s, King Scotland, Ruin I’ll, Scotland Banquo, Malcolm Donalbain, Glamis Macbeth, king duncan, lady macbeth, king scotland, ring alarm, kill banquo, ring alarm bell, alarm bell,