So These Three Witches Came up to Me...

       One day Macbeth and Banquo are just walking along when BAM, these witches appear out of nowhere and proclaim to them that they are going to be kings. Now if I were them, I would be really freaked out and probably run in the opposite direction. The news that they would be kings probably helped them not to run away though. Banquo was definitely more suspicious of the witches than Macbeth but I think this could be because Macbeth wanted to be king more than Banquo. I wonder why the witches told them this information in the first place? Banquo mentioned how they might have told them because it would lead to their demise which I think is a real possibility but maybe there could be an alternative reason.

       Once Macbeth hears the prophecy, it seems to be all he can focus on. When King Duncan tells how the Prince of Cumberland has been named heir to the throne, Macbeth realizes that he stands in his way of the prophecy coming true. I don't know what his plans were for the prince but I can't help to think that Macbeth would not consider such a plan had the witches not told him that he would be king in the first place.

       I find Lady Macbeth to be very power hungry and scary. As soon as Macbeth tells her of the prophecy, she automatically starts to plan King Duncan's murder. Why get rid of the prince when you can just go all the way and kill the king, right? It sounds really messed up when she tells Macbeth of her plan to kill him and just tells Macbeth to act natural and like a little flower when he comes over to their home.

How Macbeth is supposed to act before the murder

       Upon thinking over his wife's plan, Macbeth realizes that the act of murder doesn't just end when the person is dead but comes with lasting consequences. He realizes how messed up it would be to kill Duncan considering how much Duncan trusts him and how he has never wronged him. When Macbeth tells his wife that he changed his mind and didn't want to kill him anymore, Lady Macbeth became really mean. First, she calls him a scared little kitty. Then she says how she would bash out her own child's brain while it was breastfeeding from her looking up and smiling, if that is the promise she made to him so he shouldn't go back on his word to her. I think after being chewed out, Macbeth acquiesced to her plan because he was afraid of her and kind of still was thinking about how great it would be to be king. After what she said, I would be afraid of her too.

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth