Furthermore, Macbeth went out of his way to try and make the prophecies come true. He shed blood in an attempt to achieve his goals and make the prophecies unfold. Lady Macbeth plans to get Macbeth to kill King Duncan while he is asleep, she says, “When in swinish sleep/ Their drenchèd nature lies as in a death,/ What cannot you and I perform upon/ Th’ unguarded Duncan?” (1.7.77-80) They plan to kill Duncan to ensure that Macbeth’s prophecy of becoming king will absolutely come true. Macbeth ends up killing the king, this act leads to a chain of murders that were committed in the interest of his goals. Macbeth was willing to commit heinous crimes to achieve what he wanted. Macbeth also sends two murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance, he says to the murderers “And with him/ Fleance, his son, that keeps him company,/ Whose absence is no less material to me/ Than is his father’s, must embrace the fate/ Of that dark hour. Resolve yourselves apart./ I’ll come to you anon.”
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