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    lead him to believe that he will be King of Scotland. This prophecy gets Macbeth thinking‚ but not wildly enough to do anything about it. The Weird Sisters‚ without Macbeth knowing‚ persuade him to kill the current King of Scotland‚ Duncan. In telling Banquo his own prophecy‚ it eventually leads to Macbeth’s betrayal of Banquo‚ and Macbeth kills Banquo. Later in the play‚ the witches tell Macbeth three more prophecies. These new prophecies lead him to betray Macduff‚ and also to believe that he is

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    In George R.R Martin’s novel series A Song of Ice and Fire‚ there is a long standing prophecy about Azor Ahai or “the chosen one”. The legendary figure in the R’hllor faith who led the crusade against the White Walkers (White Walkers are supernatural beings that can reanimate the dead) who invaded Westeros 8000 years prior during the “War for the Dawn”. The prophecy states that he will return with the flaming sword “Lightbringer” to defeat the White Walkers and save the world once more. The theory

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    downfall is hubris‚ or pride. His pride causes him to think himself in control of prophecies concerning Banquo‚ those told by the three apparitions‚ and he also loses his relationship with his wife. The Weird Sisters prophecy that Macbeth will become Thane of Glamis (his current title)‚ Thane of Cawdor‚ and King of Scotland‚ while Banquo’s children will be a line of kings. Once Macbeth kills Duncan and fulfills the prophecy‚ he is not content. His glory will only last his lifetime‚ while Banquo will

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    message of the play changes from an unlucky king who was told a horrible prophecy to how fate the ultimate deciding factor in future‚ not choices‚ nor

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    Banquo‚ whom he kills‚ haunts him at an important banquet. Killing the King was wrong‚ Macbeth’s wife dies and Macbeth is overthrown. Duncan’s son Malcolm then becomes King of Scotland. Macbeth- Is a main character of the story and he is in the prophecy of these three witches that he will be Thane of Cawdor and it comes true. He is a solider Lady Macbeth- Is the one who is basically controlling and telling Macbeth what to do with his life. Macbeth doesn’t want to do the things he is doing but he

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    spiritual gifts‚ but especially that you may prophesy. Paul starts out this verse strongly with the word “pursue” and “earnestly” showing the importance he is putting on pursuing the spiritual gifts. He stresses the importance though of the gift of prophecy‚ showing right away what he is passionate about and what to pursue (Mare). 2 For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands‚ but in his spirit he speaks mysteries. Here in verse 2 Paul addresses the gift

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    witches’ introduce the prophecy of becoming king to Macbeth‚ he infers the prospect of murdering King Duncan is the only method of fulfilling the premonition. However‚ Macbeth is unable to accept the atrocity of the crime he’s committed and blames fate for his actions. Macbeth’s free will is emphasized and influenced through the witches’ prophecy‚ the supernatural becomes an excuse for his actions making him unprepared when he finally confronts his guilt. Upon being told the prophecy by the witches‚ Macbeth

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    Macbeth‚ thou shalt be king hereafter."_ Macbeth did not question the accuracy of the prophecies‚ which he believed were preordained because in Elizabethan times‚ it was believed that witches could see into the future‚ kill their enemies and make themselves invisible. Everyone believed that the witches could see the future‚ and this led Macbeth to the idea of killing Duncan once he had listened to the prophecy that he would become King of Scotland. Macbeth thought‚ _"If chance will have me king‚

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    becomes cruel towards others. Banquo hides the prophecy from the rest of the kingdom because he doesn’t believe them to be true‚ but still doubts Macbeth for Duncan’s murder. 4. Why do they do it? Macbeth hid his 3 prophecies from others because he didn’t know whether it would be true or not and because once he heard that Malcolm will inherit his father’s throne. He and Lady Macbeth planned to kill the king therefore‚ if people knew about his prophecies they would have suspect him in an instant the

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    a minefield. However‚ we often tend to approach “sight” and “blindness” from very literal perspective. Whereas Sophocles‚ in his play Oedipus Rex‚ approaches the sight-blind dichotomy metaphorically. Sophocles associates sight with possession of prophecy and knowledge while connecting blindness to ignorance‚ using Tiresius and Oedipus as physical representations of the latter and former. Sophocles uses sight and blindness to establish that humans are natural drawn to the unknown and that insight

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