Enemy of the future
Macbeth's ruthlessness and obsession make him the greatest enemy of his own future. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth goes can be viewed as an enemy of the future due to killing anyone who he sees as a threat and being obsessed with trying to fulfill the prophecy of the three witches and will do anything to keep it true.
One of Macbeth's most striking characteristics of being an enemy of the future is his willingness to kill anyone who stands in his way such as Macduff’s family and Banquo.
In an attempt to kill Banquo and his son, Macbeth hires 3 assassins to go kill him. After everyone departs, Mcbeth says to himself “It is concluded: Banquo, thy soul’s flight, if it find heaven, must find it out-to-night”
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Macbeth becomes consumed by his desire to become king and is willing to commit heinous acts to make it happen. After Lady Macbeth get the King's guards drunk, Macbeth sneaks in to where the king slumbers and speaks to himself, saying “the bell invites him” and goes to Duncan who is still sleeping and tells him “ hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven, or to hell.” (II.I.69-71). Macbeth goes as far to kill his own king in cold blood in order to fulfill his own prophecy. This scene starts the breaking point in Macbeth which later descends him down the bath of madness and his character becoming an enemy. Macbeth orders the murder of Banquo and his son Fleance, simply because he believes that they pose a threat to his seat on the throne. Macbeth remembers the prophecy Banquo was told when he asked of his future which they responded “lesser than Macbeth and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shall get kings though thou be none.” (I.III.68-70). This showed how Macbeth is willing to do anything to fulfill the prophecies of the three witches that they controlled his life going forward as to making him murder his close friend and attempt to murder his