... of Macbeth's downfall. The witches confronted Macbeth predicting, "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" A.1, S.3, L. 51-53. These predictions gave Macbeth a self assurance that he would be prosperous. He was then led to believe that these predictions would come true, but they ... appeared to only become more confident in himself. Macbeth also responded to another one of the witches" predictions, "Lesser than Macbeth and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get ...

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... ambition to kill King Duncan. Even Lady Macbeth knows he could, but she also knows that he wouldn't without a bit of encouragement. She says, "The illness should attend it: what thou woulds't highly." So, in a way, Lady Macbeth somewhat brainwashes her husband into killing the king by subtly taunting his masculinity, like when she says, "what beast was't then, That made ... he hears the 3 witches prophecy that Banquo is going to be the father of kings, when they pronounce, "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none: So all...

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... , Ln 16&19). However, he is thought of as a coward by Lady Macbeth and is guided through his first steps of becoming a devious king by her. " Glamis thou art a Cawdor, and shalt be what thou art promised they nature is too full o'th" milk of human kindness." (Iv, Ln 15-17). This exemplifies Lady Macbeth's doubts of Macbeth. Over time his lust for ... ...

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... and his ambition takes over him, which then results in the murder or Banquo. Macbeth considers Banquo and his son Fleance as threat to him because of the prophecy, "thou shalt get kings, though thou be none- Although Macbeth is friendly to Banquo on the outside, but inside Macbeth is jealous and fearful of him. Throughout the play, it is Macbeth's ambition that ... ...

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... that Banquo's future relatives would not be crowned. Macbeth misunderstood much about what the three sisters said, and he disrupted the prophecies by trying to speed the process up. "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none./ So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!- (I, iii, 70-71). Had Macbeth listened more carefully to the witches, he would have let nature take its course and ... ...

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... murders Duncan so that he may become king. Macbeth had stated in a letter sent to Lady Macbeth that, " 'Hail, king that shalt be!'/ This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest/ partner of greatness; that thou mightest not lose the/ dues of rejoicing," (Shakespeare I, v, Ln.9). In this quote, Macbeth shows clear signs of greed when he hints to ... ...

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... " which helps bring about Macbeth's fall. Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, is content with his position, until the three witches inform him of his future: "Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor, thou shalt be King hereafter." After hearing this, Macbeth and Banquo, his loyal friend, find out that King Duncan has named Macbeth "Thane of Cawdor." They contemplate whether the rest of the ... ...

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... tell him that he will become Thane of Cawdor and later, go on to become the king. "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" (I, iii, 52-53). After the witches have spoken those words Macbeth becomes rather interested in finding out if it will actually come true. When the witches first ... to embark. Later, he sees Banquo's ghost sitting in a chair at a feast, pricking his conscience by mutely reminding him that he murdered his former friend. "What man dare, I dare. Approach thou like the rugged Russian Bear, the armed rhinoceros...

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... he can to ensure his prophecy. In Macbeth's quest for power, he gains a flaw that ends in a deteriorated relationship with Lady Macbeth, and his eventual defeat. "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!" (I.iii.50) The three witches, with their "prophetic greeting" (I.iii.78) gear Macbeth's drive for power. They embody the supernatural element of this tragedy. With their imperfect ... who serve as obstacles in his treacherous pursuit of the throne. "Yet I do fear thy nature. It is too full o" the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great; art not wi...

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