d had more than one meaning. It seemed that the slogan of the sisters was "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (I,i). This further reinforces their symbolism of evil as through a riddle, they state that anything good is bad, and bad is good. With their riddles, Macbeth believes that the sisters give him three prophecies for his future. They first greet Macbeth with:
             All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail Macbeth! hail to thee Thane of Cawdor! All hail Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter. (I, iii).
             In fact, the first prophecy was truly not a prophecy at all, as Macbeth was already Than of Glamis at the time; the second two were not yet true. Nonetheless, it wouldn't have been too hard to find that Macbeth was going to be Thane of Cawdor. Moreover, it was very obvious that Macbeth wanted to achieve king, as he was one of Scotland's most powerful thanes and warriors. Before this time, Macbeth had thought, but not too seriously, of killing King Duncan in order to achieve the throne. These 'prophecies' could have been given by anyone with any common sense. It is also quite likely that the reason that Banquo believed to have seen the weird sisters would have been Macbeth's vivid descriptions. Macbeth had quite a wild imagination, which he obviously did not hesitate to use. Unfortunately this would not be the last Macbeth would hear from the weird sisters.
             After encountering Macbeth's imaginary weird sisters, Banquo had hesitations about accepting these predictions almost immediately. He was smart enough to recognize that this was evil speaking. They soon after learn of Macbeth being awarded Thane of Cawdor, since the past one was very disloyal. Banquo knew something was wrong. "What! can the devil speak true?" (I, iii). He later said, "to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betr...