1. Determination to Downfall in Macbeth
... to the witches, both parties pushed Macbeth closer to the place that he ended. "At this point, Lady Macbeth herself has virtually become an agent of Fate, just like the Weird Sisters." (Cliffnotes Shakespeare's Macbeth Page 24) Although the witches "reading" told Macbeth he would be king, the wife's first instinct was to kill to be crowned. "What thou wouldst highly ... , that wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win." (Act 1 Scene 5 Line 19-21) Although she only knows of the Three Weird Sisters, she just helped them with completing their "prophecy" for, "...
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