In the beginning of the play, the witches discussed they wanted someone specific to become the king. They were looking for a man who did not have kids but also had a friend with kids. The witches told Macbeth they predicted he was going to be the next king, and when Lady Macbeth first heard of this, she knew then and there, she was going to do anything to seize the throne. She was even willing to unsex herself. Lady Macbeth was willing to give up having children to become powerful in Scotland. She wanted to be the queen, and in order to be the king her husband had to be the king. Macbeth did not know if he was going to be the king for sure, but Lady Macbeth was going to stop at nothing to make this happen. Her ambition drove Macbeth forward, and she was able to convince her husband to go forward in whatever he did. …show more content…
His wife plotted a plan to kill the king, and she convinced him to go along with it. At first he was having second thoughts about everything, but her persuasive words convinced him to follow through with the killing. Although Macbeth’s killing was a success, and he killed the king, Macbeth was only thinking of one problem at a time. He was not thinking ahead at the time or the consequences he could face. He knew the king’s sons had ran away, but he did not know they could still capture the throne before him. He also was not thinking about what could happen to him after he got caught, he was only thinking in the moment. When Macbeth started to really think about the future, he realized he had made others think less of him. Macduff, specifically, did not have a great relationship with Macbeth after the killing. He did not attend the ceremony held for Macbeth to become king, and because of this, Macbeth thought Macduff knew he was the