The witches god is saying that why are they putting up with Macbeth and that he only cares for himself. She wants the witches to teach him a lesson which will betray Macbeth because he thinks that they are loyal to him. The three witches create an illusion that is like a hint to Macbeth but he takes it a different way, “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!
Macbeth desire to be king causes him to believe the witches for their prophesies have come true before. He is unable to see the witches as the most dangerous characters in the play. Without the witches playing upon Macbeth’s ambitions, it is doubtful that Macbeth would have committed the murders. The witches play the part of the instigators, and help Macbeth to continue his acts of violence. Even though they are able to see that his acts will lead him to his downfall, they continue to let him kill others.
(1.3.71)” Banquo also doubts the intension of the witches, he believes that evil always tells one part of the truth in order to earn one’s trust and lead him to destruction. Banquo warns Macbeth, ”But ‘tis strange./And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,/ the instruments of darkness tell us truths,/win us with honest trifles, to betray’s/In deepest consequence. (1.3.124-128)” On the other hand, Macbeth ignored his friends warning and believes in what the witches say. He is over whelmed by his ambition to be king, he said to himself,”Glamis, and the thane of Cawfor!/The greatest is behind. (1.3.118-119).””Two truths are told/,as happy prologues to the swelling act/of the imperial theme.
An example of this is his lack of any legitimate reasons for killing King Duncan and obtaining the throne except for his own ambition and greed to become king. The prophecies that Macbeth receives from the witches seem so true that he relies on the words of these predictions alone, instead of taking action himself to secure the works of the prophecies. Macbeth let his ambition blind him; as did the ruler in “Ozymandias”. Another consequence of ambition is loneliness. Ozymandias and Macbeth had so much ambition that they put themselves above all of their peers and former supporters.
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.
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
At first, Brabantio believes that his daughter was tricked by Othello, that he stole her away with his magic spells and witchcraft. However, in reality, Desdemona had wanted to marry Othello all along, despite their differences and her father’s warnings. Desdemona let herself marry a man of which her father did not approve. This witchcraft Brabantio believes Othello possesses is advice to Desdemona. This acted as a warning that Desdemona should never have become involved with such a “Moor”.
Is it ambition that overcomes his reason here? He has accepted the Witches’ predictions in respect of himself, but, illogically, he will not accept them as they apply to Banquo. Does his ambition die after his visit to the Witches? Is this seen in his anti-life speech when he says that life “is a tale told by an idiot…..signifying nothing?” (5:7) We see Lady Macbeth’s ambition, “Glamis thou art and Cawdor; and shall be what thou art promised..” and “I feel now the future in the instant.” (5:6). Her ambition is satisfied, but it gives her no contentment.
· He tells Ophelia he loves her and does not love her, thinks she should never have trusted him but wants her to go away to a nunnery for her own protection. He calls himself a liar, but when he discovers Ophelia is dead, Hamlet's reaction suggests that he did, love her. · · I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers · Could not, with all their quantity of love, · Make up my sum. · · Hamlet does not always tell the truth, but there is enough evidence to suggest that Hamlet probably did love Ophelia. 4.
48-50) and present the main characters and their relationships. First, Macbeth is dismissive of the three witches’ prophecy knowing that The thane of Cawdor lives, A prosperous gentleman; and to be king Stands not within the prospect of belief; (I.iii. 72-74) but he gains self-confidence after a part of the prophecy is fulfilled and he learns that king Duncan named him the thane of Cawdor. Banquo’s children are prophesied to be kings. The plot follows the premise until the prophecy is fulfilled.