... in Act 1, Scene 3 when the witches relay their prophecies to both him and Banquo, naming him "Thane of Glamis," "Thane of Cawdor" and "King Hereafter." Shakespeare portrays Macbeth to display initial disbelief in the news, indicated by his rhetorical question, "But how of Cawdor? " thus implying that he views their prophecies a folly, and is not yet allured towards the power. He only begins ... , " however she manages to convince him by insulting his masculinity, suggesting that, "When you durst do it, then you were a man. " Lady Macbeth therefore represents an additional destructive for...

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