In this scene Shakespeare explores the hamartia of the fearless and courageous Macbeth and his desire of being

king after the first prophecy come true and his thoughts turns immediately and with terror to murder the king in order to fulfill the witches second prophecy. To support the statement, Shakespeare vividly explores the themes of ambition and fate. How the weird Sisters prophecies spur Macbeth to try to fulfill his ambition, the use of clothing as a metaphor and the symbolism of clothing emphasize the change of power in Scotlandearned or stolen, the foreshadowing of Macbeths future. From the moment the weird sisters tell Macbeth and Banquo their prophecies, both the characters and the audience are forced to wonder about fate. Firstly, what can the devil speak true? Banquo shows his disbelief of what just happened and amazed that the witches predictions has so far come true, that Macbeth has become king of Cawdor and afraid that this is the work of the devil. The word devil designates as evil spirits. Meanwhile, Macbeths response, The Thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me in borrowd robes? borrowd robes is a clothing imagery, which is a metaphor for the title (The Thane Of Cawdor) that Macbeth thinks the robes are not meant to be nor necessarily wanted. It also indicates the tragic irony of Macbeth, who essentially falls to his doom in pursuit of a power, which, despite having been promised to him via prophecy, wasnt necessarily right for him or even really desired until he learns of his fate. Shakespeares use of foreshadowing as Macbeth is sure that he really is the Thane of Cawdor, he says to himself: Glamis and thane of Cawdor! The greatest is behind. Behind means next and therefore the greatest is the kingship, which gives an idea of Macbeths ambition and marks the start of Macbeths elaborated lust for power. Furthermore, Banquo fears that the witches affect the future severely. Might yet enkindle you onto the crown, implies the witches words will be awaken in Macbethhe realized that the witches are probably trying to trick Macbeth. And oftentimes to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths is a form of imagery in comparison of the witches to the instruments od darkness reveals their truly foul nature. Instruments which make beautiful sounds in favor of the witches describes their role to push Macbeth into fulfilling his ambition and creates a symphony, as the whole mess they had created is a success. Shakespeare is also implying through Banquo that the prophecies of the weird sisters will only bring Macbeths downfall. In view of this, since Macbeth listens to the weird sisters, he can be considered as an instrument of darkness himself. Moreover, Macbeth is pondering the truth of the prediction. The first line portrays his hope to become king and here, he eagerly looks forward to his future, the imperial throne. Cannot be ill, cannot be good conveys that truth can neither be good or bad as in the making of Macbeth as a great man in the future he will have to do immoral things to get there. Macbeth begin to deliberate about whether or not the prediction (a supernatural soliciting or temptation) is evil, especially since it seems to have stirred up horrible imaginings. Following the metaphor of the future in the seeds of time, Macbeth is compared to a plant Duncan will look after. By murdering Duncan, then, Macbeth distort nature by

severing himself effectively from the very root that feeds him. For this reason, the thought of murdering Duncan causes Macbeths heart to knock knock at (his) ribs Against the use of nature, which means that it makes his heart race and his hair to stand on end. The use of metaphor, knock give an emphasis as to how loud a knock is in comparison to a beating heart. My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical shakes so my single state of man. He is shaken however it is the first solution that comes to his mind. The single state of man seem to be used by Shakespeare as an individual in opposition to a conjust body of men. Therefore, function is smotherd in surmise implies that even though his body is telling him that he shouldnt be thinking about murdering King Duncan, he just cant himself. In which support that function implies as normal activity and surmise portrays the thought of future activity. Lastly, Banquo has described Macbeth as being rapt, which illustrates how Macbeth is absorbed in his thoughts and suggest that Macbeth is in some kind of trance, which convey that he has no control over himself, of his thoughts and actions. Macbeth concludes his dramatic musings and says that he is going to leave things to chance. With the help of personification, Shakespeare shows how Macbeth rely to the prophecy and if he really is fated to be King, he wont need to do anything to make that happen, its fate, after all, which support without my stir implies without him lifting a finger against King Duncan in order to make things happen. As a conclusion, to be great and powerful Macbeth sacrifices his morals to achieve that goal. By contrasting Macbeth and Banquo, who also want to be great leaders but refuse to allow ambition to come before honor, Macbeth vividly express how naked ambition freed from any sort of moral or social conscience, puts himself in the position of having to master fate always and ultimately takes over every characteristics of a person. In addition, since he is unable to see the half-truths behind the weird sisters prophecies, by trying to master fate, he will bring himself to ruin.