... of the play. They tell Macbeth three prophecies: "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"(1.3.48-50) Macbeth thinks nothing of the first prophecies until he realizes that the second prophecy has come true. King Duncan has pronounced Macbeth Thane of Cawdor ... to murder the king, but then changes his mind before he reaches home. His wife mocks his manhood and persuades him that it can be done safely. She says, " Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,/And live a coward in thine...

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... to him, until the current Thane of Cawdor was guilty of a crime, and Macbeth was crowned. The witches also predicted that Banquo's children would be kings by stating, "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none". The supernatural occurrences in this scene act as a foreshadowing for the events to come. The future conflicts that are foreshadowed start with the witches" prediction for Banquo ... he will not be harmed until Birnam Wood moved to Dunsinane Hill (4.1.77). When the apparition states that Macbeth should beware of Macduff, Macbeth reveals that he already feared Macduff; "Thou hast...

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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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... words that the character says aloud. It is Macbeth's wife that decides to convince her husband to kill Duncan after she has learned what has happened, "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way."(1.5.14-17) Lady Macbeth is saying ... ...

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... the prophesy that he will be "King hereafter." They also greet Banquo with, "lesser than Macbeth, and greater," as "not so happy, yet much happier," and tell him "thou shalt get kings, though thou be none." How would the witches know of their future? Perhaps they were trying to plant an idea in Macbeth's head that would later lead to certain calamity. After ... ...

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... about how close He is to becoming king or how he can take the crown from Duncan. The same trait is produced by Lady Macbeth's comment, " Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what thou art promised (312)." This quote from Lady Macbeth is made after she reads Macbeth's account of the strange encounter with the witches. It shows, as did her ... ...

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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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... night, Macbeth was told three prophesies by the witches, "_All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter." Macbeth did not question the accuracy of the prophecies, which he believed were preordained because in Elizabethan times, it was believed that witches could see into 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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