Act I Selected Passage

Scene 3 when the witches tell Macbeth the prophecies. This passage set off the play as Macbeth has now got it in his mind to take the crown as his own. It foreshadows the rest of the story and makes the reader wonder if the prophecies will actually come true. Macbeth is shown to believe in witches and predictions of the future to be real, as was the norm of the time. Macbeth is also shown to be affected by the persuasion of others, as it was not originally in his mind to murder Duncan to become king. That thought was later planted in his head by the cunning words of Lady Macbeth, who truly wanted power. This meeting with the witches sets off a quest for power, in which the base for the essential question of How far is one willing to go to get what they desire most is set down to be addressed later. In conclusion, this passage sets the play in motion and the base from which ambition and desire for power is put down to be built on as the play goes on.

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