“Here is the perennial trouble with burying your past. Others are forever trying to dig it up” quoted by Joe Abercombie. By Shakespeare’s time, the story of the eleventh-century Scottish king Macbeth was a mixture of fact and legend. Shakespeare and his contemporaries, however, probably regarded the account of Macbeth in Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland as completely factual. The playwright drew on the Chronicles as a source for the play; however, he also freely adapted the material for his purposes. Macbeth yearns to bury the past and control the future that holds, removing everything that gets in the way of Macbeth's deeds by controlling his fate of becoming king, manipulating the murders, and wanting Macduff …show more content…
Appearing less heroic and more cowardly actions of controlling his fate rapidly out of craving for power. What made him know about his fate was the prophecies, when he was with Banquo. “Banquo and Macbeth, all hail! Stay you, imperfect speakers, tell me more: By Sinel’s death I know I am Thane of Glamis; But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives…A prosperous gentleman; and to be King Stands not within the prospect of belief.” (1.5. 70-75) Once he was told his fate, he grew desperate and demanded more information about the future after being told he would be king. As well as what caused him to crave power more and jump right into it was his wife, Lady Macbeth. She states, “Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crowned withal.” (1.5. 29-30) Macbeth is told that he can miss out on his opportunity of being king if he doesn’t kill Duncan. He attempts to fasten the pace of time to be king. By asking for demands from the witches and telling his wife about the opportunity he was given. Therefore trying to control his future to be in …show more content…
To the point, he manipulated murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance. Macbeth wants Banquo and Fleance dead for the fact that he believes that they suspect him of the death of Duncan. Macbeth says, “Know that it was he, in the times past, which held you so under fortune, which you thought had been our innocent self. This I made good to you in our last conference,” (3.1, 79-83) The way Macbeth manipulates the murders by trying to point fingers at Banquo that he is the root to all of their problems and made them poor. Attempting to share the same interest in killing him. “May they not be my oracles as well And set me up in hope? But hush, no more!” (3, 9-10) Banquo feels a suspicion that Macbeth has achieved everything so rapidly when the witches have told him the possible fate. Indicating how Macbeth is trying to bury his past by murdering the people who most suspect him. Unfortunately, trying to hide his truth but covering everything up without using his own