Evil has always longed to destroy a good soul and make it one more loss for Nazareth. But before it can do that, the good have to believe in evil. This is why the witches gave Macbeth their predictions. In normal circumstances, Macbeth would have ignored them. So the witches called him by his name and his current title just to catch his attention. They knew who he was and he didn't know who they were. This made them mysterious and it appealed to his superstitious and imaginative nature. Macbeth drew closer. Then the witches called him Thane of Cawdor. This pred

Since gaining the throne, Macbeth had been extremely insecure. He had killed the king, and now anyone could kill him. Macbeth had his best friend, Banquo, murdered in cold blood to prevent his heirs from taking the crown. Even this didn't appease. Therefore, he was driven back to the witches for counsel, just as they planned. He felt they wouldn't hurt him because their previous three predictions had all been good. It was this blind faith that got him in trouble. The witches used his faith against him. They showed him apparitions, cleverly shrouded in deceit, that appeared to make him invincible. Unfortunately, one would have had to read a lot deeper into them to see a more sinister implication. This, Macbeth didn't do. After all, a forest can't get up and walk. And all men are born of women. Woe for Macbeth. He played right into the witches' hands. Armed with this overconfidence, he rode out onto the battlefield to face the English army. There, he met Macduff who was born of a woman by a

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