Examples Of Prophecies In Macbeth

The prophecies that were given to Macbeth by the witches, Lady Macbeth's persuation and plans, and Macbeth's ambition, all contributed greatly to his degeneration of character. This also resulted in Macbeth's downfall, which was death. Lady Macbeth uses her husband's pride to manipulate him into killing a king to become a king. The consequences for both were not what they had planned. Macbeth show that he is a tragic hero when he kills King Duncan. Macbeth took the throne after killing King Duncan in battle. The witches make three prophecies. The first two were regarding Macbeth and the last one was regarding Banquo. Macbeth was named Thane of Cawdor and consequently, king. Banquo was to be father to the future generations of kings.
Macbeth declares that he no longer intends to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth calls him a coward and questions his manhood by saying "When you durst do it, then you are a man." Lady Macbeth wanted Duncan dead, and was going to do everything it took to make it happen. While Macbeth was plotting Banquo's death, he left Lady Macbeth out of it. Macbeth did not perform the deed directly, he ordered the murderers to kill Banquo; therefore, he is just as guilty because he ordered the plan. Although Macbeth feels guilty, the witches prophecy was that Banquo would father a line of kings. The murderers did not kill Fleance, luckily he escaped. Macbeth feels that even though Fleance is a young boy, he would one day grow up and avenge his father's murderer, and take Macbeth's place on the throne. The death of Macbeth is brought on by manipulation by his greedy wife and the deceptive witches and his own excessive ambition. Macbeth dies in a battle between him and Macduff. Macbeth brags to Macduff that he cannot be killed by a man who was born by a woman. However, Maxduff says he was not technically born by a woman because he was surfically removed. He then proceeded to fight Macbeth and kills