Macbeth gloated, “I bear a charmed life, which must not yield / To one woman born (V.viii.12-13). Macduff answered, “Despair they charm; / And let the angel whom thou still hast serv’d / Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb / Untimely ripp’d” (V.viii.12-16). In Macbeth, by Shakespeare, Macbeth is promised great things in a prophecy that makes him and Lady Macbeth, his wife, blind to any consequences that would occur from this prophecy. Macbeth’s once pure kind soul is slowly turned dark and malicious from his actions as he deceives himself from the evil he creates from the deceiving prophecy. Macbeth, by Shakespeare, shows the idea that something good that could come to them can cause blindness in people and can easily let in the idea of deception from others, and even from the person …show more content…
hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter” (I.iii.48-50). At first, Macbeth thinks they are crazy and dismisses them but when he is soon given the title of Thane of Cawdor he starts to believe the prophecy to be true and sends a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth, where they soon devise a plan to become king. Taking the prophecy into their hands, they both decide that if Macbeth is to be king, then Duncan would have to be murdered. They also gave Banquo a prophecy, chanting, “Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get Kings, though thou be none: So, all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!” (I.iii.66-69). This prophecy in the back of his mind, plants seeds of doubt about the security of his new position on the throne, starts to make him mad with paranoia, and slowly darkens his heart. With the deception of the possibilities of rewards, people will deceive themselves into believing what they want is the best solution, even with the inevitable consequences. As deception occurs, people start to deceive themselves to believe that the evil they are doing is for the greater good in the end for