Macbeth's Fate
Macbeth's nonchalant attitude towards the prophecies from the three witches foreshadows his downfall through his hubris in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Upon meeting the three evil witches, Macbeth learns of his opportunity to gain higher titles: " ...All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! / All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" (I.iii.5-6). Currently, Macbeth reigns solely as thane of Glamis. He becomes thane of Cawdor at the courageous death of the original thane. Macbeth then seizes his destiny when he kills Duncan, king of Scotland, the title promised to him by the witches. Macbeth grows trust in the three evil witches due to their accurate predictions of his current standing as the thane of Cawdor and king of Scotland. With all of this trust in the three evil witches, Macbeth conjures their tainted knowledge again. This time he seeks to learn of his destiny: "Tell me, thou unknown power," (IV.i.53). He requests knowledge from the apparitions rather than from the witches themselves. The witches now brew three apparitions of evil wisdom to visit Macbeth. The first, a head, fully dressed in armor, greatly foreshadows Macbeth's death both visually and with his words: "Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!
beware Macduff; / Beware the Thane of Fife (IV. Macbeth entrusts his life with the advice of the witches and currently reigns as king because of their advice yet he damns all those who do the same. As he is incapable of realizing the hint of a bloody child, Macbeth contributes to his own downfall. When the eight kings pass, Macbeth fails to realize his reign eventually ends; however, his continually growing hubris, keeps him from realizing that the eight kings represent the answer to his question. Macbeth's insecurity relates to the apparition of the armored head because in full armor, Macduff decapitates Macbeth. His hubris causes him to disregard the visual foreshadowing of his death, a bloody child: "Macduff was from his mother's womb / Untimely ripp'd" (V. As the title of king approaches him he alters destiny to improve his label. The third apparition fails to explain to Macbeth that Birnam woods will come to Dunsinane hill, therefore Macbeth is far from safe when soldiers creep up to Dunsinane hill using broken limbs to camouflage themselves thus paralleling the third apparition.
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