Macbeth

Macbeth Macbeth Essay In Macbeth, a play by William Shakespeare, the character Macbeth runs into many misfortunes that bring him to a terrible end. Three witches first introduce him to many strange and curious prophecies. Then his controlling wife, Lady Macbeth, pushes him to commit crimes that not even God could forgive. In the end though, Macbeth is the true master of his own destiny when he believes the prophecies that the witches feed him, when he lets Lady Macbeth control him, and then when he betrays his friends and becomes disloyal. Macbeth is the master of his own destiny when he believes all of the witches prophecies. After a long and gruesome war, Macbeth and Banquo are traveling home together and they come across three witches who give them three prophecies. The prophecies state that Macbeth will first become Thane of Cawdor, then he will be king, and then they state that Banquo’s sons will be king. Then not even a few minutes later the first prophecy given to Macbeth comes true. “He bade me from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor... For it is thine” (335,105). The king named Macbeth Thane of macbeth, king, wife, prophecies, banquo, witches, own, true, thane, prophecy, power, master, lady, first, destiny, control, come, cawdor, sons, macduff, give, finally, end, believes, three, though, thinking, take, son, shall, plan, let, kill, friends, even