Macbeth was a brave soldier of Scotland and was very loyal to King Duncan. As he returned from a battle with his friend Banquo three witches hailed him as Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor and in the end King of Scotland. They also told Banquo that his children would become Kings. This aroused Macbeth's curiosity of how he could become King. When he went to the palace and the King announced to him that he would become Thane of Cawdor because the previous Thane was a traitor. His ambition rised and he believed that some truth might be hidden in the weird sisters' words. Therefore, he wrote a letter to his wife Lady Macbeth telling her what had happened. When Lady Macbeth read the letter her intention was to talk Macbeth into killing Duncan. Therefore, she planed the murder. She invited the King to their house where she planned to have him killed. Macbeth had some hesitations but she manipulated him into doing it. The murder took place at nighttime a

Purves Alan, Carol Olson, C. Cortez. (eds). Literature and Integrated Studies: English Literature. Illinois: Scott Foresman, 1997.

Macbeth was aware that the only person who knew about the witches prophecies, was his once friend Banquo. In addition, when Banquo had asked the weird sisters what would happen to him in the future they answered with the words: 'Lesser than Macbeth, and greater', 'Not so happy, yet much happier', 'Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo' (Act 1, scene 3, line 65-69). To Macbeth this meant that Banquo's sons would become kings, not his. As Macbeth says later: ' Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with a unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding (act 3, scene 1, 57-56). At this point Macbeth realized that the only way to keep the crown was by murdering people. So, he hired three murderers and ordered them to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. Banquo was murdered but his son Fleance escaped. At a dinner banquet at their house, Macbeth started going even more insane and he saw a ghost of Banquo, which started talking to him. He replied to the apparition and Lady Macbeth covered up for him by saying that he had some kind of mental illness and excused the guests. Macbeth also noticed that Macduff, the Thane of Fife did not attend the feast and was suspicious of him.

In the meanwhile, Malcom and Macduff had been gathering an army in order to overthrow their evil ruler, Macbeth. At Dunsinane Castle, a doctor informed Macbeth that his wife was sick and that there was no cure for that kind of sickness. This made Macbeth even more miserable and he ordered the doctor to cure her whatever it took. Then, he was told that an army from England was coming in order to overthrow him. He put his armor on and at the same time, he was informed that his wife was death. At this point, we see for once more how heartless he had become. He showed no interest in the death of his wife and the only thing he cared about was how he could win the battle and remain king. Suddenly, a servant told him that Birnam Wood was moving towards the castle. This was because Malcom ordered the soldiers to disguise themselves with branches and leaves. In spite of these facts, Macbeth continued to feel confident and invincible because as the apparition said no woman born man could kill him. The army arrived

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