Macbeth betrays King Duncan because the witches told him he will become king. He also betrays his friend Banquo because the witches gave him predictions that can affect Macbeth. The three weird sisters betray Macbeth because he wants things to go his way. In “Macbeth”, Shakespeare demonstrates that betrayal is lead by unreasonable decisions that cause bad consequences. Macbeth
Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth’s persuasion and the witches’ charm, both in act 1 to show the influence of others. Lady Macbeth uses different techniques to persuade Macbeth to kill the king. She accuses Macbeth of being “green and pale” like a coward. He is also accused of being “afeard to be the same in …act…as thou…desire”, telling us he might be weak or fearful. The witches are possibly linked as the “charms” seem to influence Macbeth and he begins to echo “foul and fair”.
At the beginning of Macbeth, Macbeth was feeling triumphant after coming back from the war and had no intentions of gaining more power than he already had, but when the witches found Banquo and himself they all greeted him and addressed him in different titles, witch 1 said, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.” This makes him think that the witches know somewhat about him, then witch 2 says, ‘All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.” Macbeth not knowing that he is yet the Thane of Cawdor thinks that they must be lying but then a bit after the witches leave he finds out he is in fact the Thane of Cawdor and makes him think that the prophecy witch 3 made, “… That shalt be king hereafter!” is true. This shows that Macbeth never had full control of his desires even at the start of the play; the witches influenced him. Then later on Lady Macbeth pushes to him to pursue his desires.
These prophecies were directed to Macbeth in fooling him that he would be crowned king. At first they call him “thane of Cawdor” and tell him he will be king. They tell Banquo that his descendents will be king but it will not be him himself “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none”. These prophecies seem reasonable at the time at which they were spoken by the witches but as the playwright moves along and we now know that the witches only speak in half truths we see them falling apart and becoming a true lie and a true fix. This generates masses of sympathy for the character Macbeth as we feel
When Macbeth is talking to Lady Macbeth he says, “I will, to the weird sisters: / More shall they speak,” (3.5.134-135). In this context Macbeth is anxious to go to the witches to see if he should fear anyone taking his newfound power from him. This shows that he has acquired what he wanted however he doesn’t feel secure, this shows that he relies on the witches for support and cannot think without first taking into consideration what the witches say. Before this
This could possibly be the betrayl of a friendship for power. In the remainder of the scene the audience see Ross and Angus enter and tell Macbeth that due to his triumphant battle he is to be known forth as the Thane of Cawdor. This confuses Mabeth as it happens just after his encounter with the witches so much so he questions his fellow lords of the statement they made as up untill this point he belives that the late late Thane is alive. "Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor:" This makes the audience think about what is going to come if the first of the witches predictions comes ture, this is also pointed out by Macbeth himself which makes the audience feel even more uneasy about Macbeths future actions. Macbeth then turns to Banquo to ask his opiion and recive accpetance from him, this would see through MAcbeths excitment see a plot building and a worry for the king "Do you not hope your children shall be kings, When those that gave the Thane of Cawdor to
This prophecy backfires on him because when he encounters Macduff in a battle, he finds out that Macduff wasn’t born through natural birth but by a C-section. Macbeth finally realizes the inevitably of his fate and lose the battle and war. Nevertheless, superstition affects man because Macbeth was fully naïve to believe he could outwit the prophecies. He relied on the words of the witches, however, interpreted them incorrectly, ultimately degrading his name in
Conflict in Macbeth The tragedy of Macbeth is a play normally called Macbeth by William Shakespeare concerning the regicide and aftermath. It is the Shakespeare’s briefest tragedy believed to have been put down between 1603 and 1607. Shakespeare’s sources of tragedy are enconters of Macduff, King Macbeth of Scotland and Duncan in Holinshed’s Chronicles of 1587, history for Scotland, England and Ireland similar to Shakespeare and his accountability… (Coursen and Herbert 1997). The initial act of play opens in the amidst lighting and thunder when the present three witches came into decision of meeting with Macbeth in their next meeting. In the following scene, an injured captain gave description to King Duncan ofScotlandregarding his generals Macbeth (Thane of Glamis) and Banquo.
At the time of the first soliloquy (I.Vll), Macbeth has already been convinced of the potential of the witches’ prophecies. In contrast to the sociable activity of the banquet- held in the honour of King Duncan’s visit to his castle- presented offstage, Macbeth is still isolated in guilty reflections about the prophesies. This soliloquy, the longest in the play, reveals the nature of his mental conflict with remarkable subtlety and reaffirms that the three witches, by informing him that he will be "king hereafter" (1.3.50), have merely kindled his own innermost desire to obtain the throne. He tells himself that he is concerned only with the practical question of whether or not he can get away with Kind Duncan’s murder. He explicitly and contemptuously dismisses its moral aspects: should the mere act of commission give him supreme power as well as prevent any repercussions on him in this lifetime, he would ignore the possibility of divine retribution.
Duncan tries to praise the people around him and honor them for the good that they instill. The two characters are symbols of lightness and darkness. Scotland is like Heaven (lightness), when Duncan is ruling and Hell (darkness), when Macbeth is trying to be the ruler. As the play opens Duncan, the former king of Scotland, is being told of the good men that conquered a battle, Macbeth and Banquo. Duncan is dismayed by their deed.