Three witches known as the "Weird Sisters", decide to confront the great fierce fighter on his victorious return from a war which took place between Scotland and Norway. The at time ruler of Scotland, King Duncan, decided to grant the title of the traitorous Cawdor on the great, heroic and noble Macbeth. Macbeth and another noble fighter by the name of Banquo happen upon the Weird Sisters. The witches predict that he, Macbeth, will one day become king. Upon hearing this exciting news, Macbeth decides that he will murder King Duncan with the help of his wife, Lady Macbeth. As Duncan is asleep, Macbeth murders him, assisted by this wife, Lady Macbeth, smears the blood of the poor defenseless Duncan on the daggers of the sleeping guards. As the novel progresses, a nobleman by the name of Macduff discovers the body. To cover up his tracks, Macbeth kills the guards who guards insisting that their daggers had been smeared with Duncan's blood and that it was proof enough that they had committed the murder. After taking such a powerful step, the crown gets passed down to Macbeth. As Macbeth begins to suffer from paranoia because of his past actions, more murders begin to ensue and the bloodied ghost of Banquo appears, thus causing much grief to Macbeth. Soon enough, Lady Macbeth's conscience begins to cause her pain and guilt, torturing her enough that she starts to hallucinate and sees her hands covered with blood. To get free of the wretched curse, she commits suicide. The witches appear again mentioning three apparitions, the first being "an armed head", which represents Macduff who will come to Scotland at the head of an army. The second apparition is a bloody child, "Be bloody, bold and resolute. The power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth. It may sound as if nobody can harm Macbeth but it is not true, Macduff was conceived through a Cesarean section, not being born but ripped from the womb instead.
