Macbeth was nervous, and paranoid of the crime he committed. “Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t” (1.5.65) Three witches tell Macbeth that he is in line of becoming king, thane of cawdor and thane of glamis. Duncan creates Macbeth thane of cawdor in thanks for winning the battle at forres. Macbeth writes to Lady Macbeth from the battle of forres and tells her what the witches said and she starts planning on killing king duncan, but doesn't say anything
Then he gets a message that he is thane of Cawdor. At this point he starts to believe the three witches. Later they find out that the first son of the king will be next in line for the throne. That leads to Macbeth’s first test, to kill the king or not. Lady Macbeth is Macbeth’s wife and she wants him to kill the king.
He is then encouraged by his wife, Lady Macbeth, that in order to become king he must kill the king; so, Macbeth in the act of greed and selfishness, goes into a pursuit of power and murders the king. In Act 2 scenes 1, Macbeth begins setting out to kill the king. He shows an increasing desire to kill him. Before he does how ever, him and Banquo; another soldier of the king; have a conversation. “I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters- to you they have shown some truth.” Banquo says to Macbeth that the witches’ prediction about Macbeth becoming Thane of Cawdor came true.
Duncan announces that he is going to Macbeth's castle. Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth that he has to fulfill his prophecy himself and kill Dunncan. Duncan's sons leave the country believing they will be killed next and Macbeth becomes king. Macbeth remembers the witches prediction to Banquo. He wants to solidify his power so he kills Banquo and attempts to kill Banquo's son Fleance, but fails.
In the play Macbeth, the main theme is the corruption of power through unchecked ambition. Macbeth is a faithful soldier and a good man, until three witches tell him of his future. Upon telling his wife the grand news, she devises a scheme where Macbeth kills the king in order to make his future the present. Macbeth is wary at first, and often talks of his guilt and soul before the murder, but, in order to please his wife, and feed his desire to become king, he murders the poor king in his sleep. He then blames two guards for the deed and becomes king of Scotland.
Another prophecy made by the witches was that Banquo's son will be king. Fuelled by paranoia, lack of sleep andvisions, Macbeth was thrown into a state of confusion and a belief that the prophecies were inevitable. Lady Macbeth urged her husband to commit murder and it was this action that sparked Macbeth's downfall. When Lady Macbeth heard about the prophecies made by the witches, and how one of them had already come true, she called upon evil spirits to guide her through her task - killing the king. ."..
that is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’er-leap, for in my way it lies” (I.IV.55-57). With the help of his wife, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth was able to take a dagger and kill the present King of Scotland, Duncan. “My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so that my single state of man that function in smother’d in surmise, and nothing is what but is not”(I.iii.52-55). His ambition becomes so powerful he begins to think the witches are the ones who told him to murder Duncan! His first thought was killing the King, so they may have triggered his murderous ambition that has been
Witches come and reveal to him a prophecy of his future, which makes him want it straight away. Lady Macbeth keeps pushing for Macbeth to do whatever it takes to get what the weird sisters have predicted will happen, and finally goes ahead with it. Macbeth kills numerous people to have his prophecy fulfilled and is now the complete opposite person of who he was at the beginning of the play, but it is hard to blame Macbeth for his own demise because of these other factors because they play a role in boosting his actions Macbeth wasn’t an ambitious character until he met the witches. Macbeth is the most “worthiest cousin” of the Kind and is a “brave” soldier serving under him. He is established as a good character in the play and it is apparent that he had no real ambitions until he met the witches.
Making the green one red" is eloquently self-explanatory.He commits Duncan's murder to gain the crown, once he gain it, he has the murders of Banquo and the wife and children of Macduff committed for the preservatiom of his crown. But when Banquo's son (the would-be king) and Macduff escape, he gets horrified,realizing the importance of the prophecies of the witches. kc4u Teacher Doctorate Editor, Debater, Expert In act2 sc.2, we see Macbeth return from Duncan's chamber, after having done the 'deed'. He
Summary of the whole of act 3 Banquo is reflecting on the coronation of Macbeth, he is wondering to himself “are the witches prophecies true? Macbeth became Thane of Cawdor, now he has become king, maybe it is true that I shall be the forefather of Scottish kings to come” Macbeth and Lady Macbeth ask Banquo to attend the feast they will host that night. Banquo accepts their invitation. Macbeth intends to murder Banquo; his wife and him feel that the business that they began by killing Duncan is not yet complete because there are still threats to the throne that must be eliminated including Banquo. Macbeth got an assassin to kill Banquo and his son.