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Examples Of Prophecies In Macbeth

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In Macbeth, the three witches had made some prophecies. The first two prophecies were regarding Macbeth, these were that Macbeth shall be named Thane of Cawdor, and than be named King. “First Witch. All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis! / Second Witch. All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! / Third Witch. All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter!” (I. iii, 48-50) The third prophecy was regarding Banquo, and this was that although he will not rule Scotland, he will be the father of the future generations of Kings. There was also the three apparitions. The first apparition was “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff, / Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me: enough.” (IV. i, 71-72) which was who ends up killing …show more content…

Lady Macbeth is a strong but cruel woman, that takes Macbeth's love towards her for granted. She’s aware that Macbeth is weak and does not have the strength to kill King Duncan, however, she pushes and guilts him into doing so. Her thought of being Queen made her manipulate Macbeth into thinking that killing the King is right and best thing to do for him to be in the throne. She would question his masculinity and make him look down on himself and beat himself up for it. He had taken what she said to heart and had to continue with the plan to show Lady Macbeth his …show more content…

Without the witches, there would be no tragedy. They say their predictions to Macbeth, which is the push that drives Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to get him into the throne, and they think the solution to do so is by murdering King Duncan. After murdering King Duncan everything kept going downhill. Macbeth hired people to kill Banquo because he had the suspicions that Macbeth murdered Duncan because he was there when the witches gave their prophecies. It was like a chain reaction, one bad thing happens, then another, then another to the point where Lady Macbeth dies. The whole plot revolves around the witches and what their predictions were. So if there were no witches, there would be no plot. Without these prophecies, the play wouldn't line up, nor would it be the actual play itself. The little witch scenes make the

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Through the prophecy they lay out to Macbeth they state that he would become the Thane of Glamis and then the Thane of Cawdor and then finally be crowned king. When the first two prophecies come true this caused Macbeth to believe that he would soon also be crowned king. This however was a half truth as this was not actually bound to happen but rather happened out of their own ambition. This is shown through the statement "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.", as it is saying that the

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Macbeth,a brave lord of the king of Scotland,Duncan,once while returning from a victorious battle along with a companion Banquo happened to meet three witches who made three predictions which became a turning point in Macbeth's life. When one of the predictions became true, Macbeth along with his cunning wife killed the king cruelly to make the second prediction true. But even after becoming the king Macbeth could not find happiness and was always haunted by the third prediction. In order to make false the third prediction he attempted many murders. He again met the three witches who made another three predictions this time and everything went according to that and finally Macbeth was killed and Malcolm the son of Banquo became the king of

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To Macbeth they say “All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis!/All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee thane of Cawdor!/All hail Macbeth! That shalt be king hereafter” (Shakespeare ), revealing to him that he shall become thane of Cawdor and king of Scotland. The witches inform Banquo that he will “get kings, though thou be none” (Shakespeare).

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They stated that Macbeth would be titled Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King of Scotland. They also claimed that Banquo would not be King, but his sons would be. Both Macbeth and Banquo were confused and in disbelief. They wanted to hear more, but the witches vanished and they tried to convince themselves not to listen to such an absurd prediction. Soon after, though, the messengers from King Duncan came along and declared Macbeth Thane of Cawdor, proving the witches predictions correct.

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The prophecies was a big event that took place and activated Macbeth’s ambition. When the witches met on the heath at sunset they knew that Macbeth and Banquo were coming back from battle. The witches appeared in front of them without any warning. The witches conversed with Macbeth and Banquo. Whenever Macbeth heard he was going to become thane of Cawdor he was thrilled, and that was when ambition set in.

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Upon meeting three witches and hearing their prophecies, Macbeth believes that he will ascend to the throne. These witches tell Macbeth, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis… Thane of Cawdor… that shalt be king hereafter” (1.3.49-52). After hearing the witches’ prophecy about becoming the Thane of Glamis, a title which he already holds, Macbeth resolves that the other prophecies must come true as well. Lady Macbeth then reads a letter from her husband stating that Ross, a messenger sent from the King, greets him as “Thane of Cawdor”.

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Macbeth’s wife surrenders herself to the belief of her husband becoming King which corrupts her mindset. When Ross delivers the news of the death of the Thane of Cawdor to King Duncan he orders Ross to refer to Macbeth as his “former title” (I,ii,65), and tell him of his new title “Thane of Cawdor”(I,ii,63). As Ross travels to Macbeth to deliver the news the witches possibly hear of this new title and intercept Macbeth before Ross arrives. The first witch greets him saying “All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis”(I,iii, 46), the witches introduction tells Macbeth that these supernatural women know who he is, then the second witch refers to him as “Thane of Cawdor”(I,iii,47) provides him the information of his new title which he is about to receive from Ross, and the third witch calls him “King hereafter” (I,iii,48) which unknowingly will be his future title making him trust and believe that the witches can predict or see the future. The witches desire to gain his trust, so that later in the play he will become dependent on their devious information as a

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