... assassination contract; they provide the basis for his motivations, but they do not explicitly tell him to murder the king, he does that on his own. The witches are motivated by their lust for mischief, saying, "Double double, toil and trouble." They specifically target Macbeth as he lacks capability ... to think for himself and can be influenced to the point of his own destruction. He makes a perfect target because of his main purpose in life, murder - it's his profession and his easy to please personality that ... his motivations and is only pushed over the edge by his equally power ...

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... Puritan society. Mather, born in 1663, spoke several languages including Latin and Greek and obtained a degree from Harvard when he was sixteen. Son of Increase and Maria Mather. His main ambition in life was to become president of Harvard just as his father had done. Mather was first married in 1686 to Abigail Phillips, and then later in life to Elizabeth ... our center." When confessed witches began taking back their testimony, Mather may have begun to have doubts about at least some of the court's rulings. He tried to minimize his own large role in its consideration in the Salem tria...

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