are Macbeth, Thane of Glamis and his wife Lady Macbeth. The play is based around the conflict in Scotland at the time between the King and rebellious Scotsmen, who
our special wonder? You make me strange even to the disposition that owe (my own nature)." (3.4.112-115) After all Macbeth has been through at this point, the witches
"If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me/without my stir". (ACT 1 SCENE 3) This line shows that Macbeth ponders on the possibility of becoming king.
from his aside that he has thought about killing Duncan " My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical" 1(Macbeth 1.3.152). Macbeth also says " If chance will
gall of a goat, and slips of yew?double, double, toil and trouble"(4, 1, 10-35). During this particularly revolting scene, Macbeth appears before the witches, seeking
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of ways, as it does not include the manner in which it comes about. Indeed, the witches neither force nor even suggest to Macbeth that he should murder Duncan and
the length and outcome of one's life (destiny) is predetermined by external forces. In Macbeth, the Witches represent this influence. The play makes an important
made you break this enterprise to me?"). Macbeth himself acknowledged his "vaulting ambition" that would drive him to murder after Duncan evaded fate (I,3, "If chance
prediction. The third prediction that the witches make is that he will be king "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!"1. The second of the circumstances
he puts great faith into their prophecies. "Have more in them than mortal knowledge". (1.5.2) Macbeth depends on the witches for a long time, even after Banquo's