Part one of term paper
Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a wicked display of one man’s weaknesses and the forces that possess him. Macbeth was gullible and single-minded. He was obsessed with the throne, which became his ultimate goal. The witches were misleading with their ambiguous predictions because they wanted to disrupt the order of the hierarchy. T ...

Part two of term paper
... of him becoming the king of Scotland. “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! … All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be king hereafter” This was all part of the witches’ plan. They knew that Macbeth was both single-minded and gullible, and took full advantage of it. Macbeth let these predictions go to his head and he expected King Duncan to make him the next in line for the throne. When this didn’t happen, Macbeth saw no other alternative than to murder K ...