Macbeth
Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, has been read for centuries. In the play, the readers can easily see that evil can trick us. Banquo gives Macbeth a warning about this after 3 witches give him prophecies about his future. Banquo is saying that many times, "the instruments of darkness" will tell us something that seems to be the truth, but turns out in the end to harm us. Evil will win us over with little things, and then will betray us. There are three examples of where this idea applies to the action of the play; the witches tell Macbeth about his future, the murders of the king and generals, and when the witches show Macbeth the apparitions. In the beginning of the play, 3 witches come to Macbeth and give him prophecies about his future. They greet him by saying Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King hereafter. Macbeth is very confused as to what they have told him at first, but then takes what they have said to heart. Banquo, who was with Macbeth at the time that this happened also, asks for them to tell him something. They tell him that he is lesser than Macbeth, but greater, happy as Macbeth, but happier, and that he will not be king but his sons will. Macbeth's reaction to what the witches tell him
Macbeth relied on what the witches told him, and his ambition drives him to kill Duncan. First of all, Macbeth gets news that the forest is indeed approaching his castle. He believes that he should be King, and takes this act of becoming King into his own hands by murdering Duncan. They told him something that was truthful, but in the end the witches betrayed him. Another example of where the idea that evil will entice us is when Macbeth kills Duncan and then Banquo. He does not bother to ask the witches about anything that they say to him, which in the end leads to his downfall. After hearing this Macbeth believes everything that the witches tell him. Banquo saw that the witches were not a good thing and even warned Macbeth that they would trick him in the end, but Macbeth hears only what he want to hear. Shakespeare shows the readers through Banquo's warning to Macbeth that people need to be careful because many times evil will win people over with little things, but in the end there will be consequences to what they believe and trust. Macbeth, who was once a great warrior should have thought about this, but did not want to think that it was possible. His outward appearance of being kind and noble fooled a great king and someone who should have known him best, Banquo, a good friend of his. Macbeth at this point has lost all hopes of surviving. He shows us this by having Macbeth, someone who appears to be a good guy, turn out in the end to kill people that he had once loved and cared for. Duncan sincerely trusted and liked Macbeth, and yet Macbeth stabs him in the back.
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