In Act One we meet our main character, Macbeth. Macbeth is a noble, valiant warrior and loyal commander of King Duncan’s army. When we meet him he is returning from a battle in which he led is troops to victory and personally slew a traitor of the King. Though brave and strong, the reader does not get the sense that Macbeth is much of an independent thinker.
On the way back from battle, Macbeth and his fellow nobleman, Banquo, are stopped in their tracks by 3 hideous witches. In their exchange, the witches tell Macbeth that he is to be Thane of Cawdor and later King, and tell Banquo that his children are to be Kings. Banquo questions what just happened and is skeptical of what he was told asking if he might have eaten a root that makes him hallucinate, while Macbeth is much more excited and shouts after them “Stay you imperfect speakers. Tell me more..”(1.3.73). Before they can ask any questions, the witches vanish. {{This is more of a summary. You need a specific thesis statement in your introduction}}
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After telling his wife of the witches and their predictions, Macbeth is urged by his wife that he must take the chance he has been given and kill King Duncan in his sleep. Lady Macbeth tells her husband to man up: “when you durst do it, then you were a man; to be more than what you were you would be so much more the man,” (1.7.56-58) and do what he said he would do. Lady Macbeth seemingly takes advantage of her husband’s confused mental state and obvious impressionable nature to persuade him to kill the King. She doubts his ability to complete the task on his own yet she is unable to do it herself. {{Connect this back to the