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Alex.B, Milly, Jemma, Sami, Dashi and Jacinta
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Plant false hope in Macbeth’s mind- pick on the weak EVIL- toying with Macbeth because they can Planting ambition Knowing the future is always bad and they tell Macbeth about it
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“security is mortals’ chiefest enemy” (III.v.32-33) - they know that it is man’s downfall and the witches use it against him “Lesser than Macbeth but greater” (I.ii.64) - playing on Macbeth’s security and putting Macbeth against Banquo.
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“Thou shalt be king though thou be none. So all hail Macbeth and Banquo” (I.ii.66-67) - telling someone vulnerable that they will have power builds ambition “I bear a charmed life which must not yield to one of woman born.” (V.viii.11-12) - his ambition blinds him to real danger because he relies on the witches prophecies “Thriftless ambition that will ravin up thine own life’s means!” (II.iv.28-29)
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Telling Macbeth the future encourages him to make that future happen which ultimately makes the witches the cause. - “Thou must do if thou have it.” (I.v. 21) - “Fleance is son that keep him company whose absence is no less material to me” (III.ii.134-135)
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