was a brave and strong man who could resist outside influences and make his own decision. Why did he allow his wife and witches to convince him to do what he thought was wrong to thing to do? The answer is that he wanted to be convinced. In fact, Macbeth began to think about becoming king even before he met the witches. This explains his strange reaction after he have heared the witches' prophecies. Banquo noted with surprise: Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair? Macbeth is afraid and feels guilty after he receives great predictions of becoming thane of Cawdor and king! The only explanation is that witches guess his own thoughts and catch him thinking about such an evil thing as killing Duncan. Another evidence to support the idea that Macbeth wanted to murder Duncan is the reaction of Lady Macbeth after she reads Macbeth's letter. Her thoughts immediately jump to murder, even though murder was not even mentioned anywhere in the letter. It seems that Macbeth had been cherishing the idea of murdering Duncan for a long time and discussed it with Lady Macbeth many times. In their dialog in I.v neither lady Macbeth nor Macbeth himself mentions the word 'murder'. The only hint that Duncan will never leave the castle alive is given in the following lines: MACBETH My dearest love, Duncan comes here to-night. LADY MACBETH And when goes hence? MACBETH To-morrow, as he purposes. LADY MACBETH O, never Shall sun that morrow see! If Macbeth were an innocent lamb before witches and Lady Macbeth have turned him to a ruthless criminal, he wouldn't understand what Lady Macbeth was talking about. However, because his dark side had begun to fight with the good side even before the beginning of the play, he gets instantly what his wife's plans are. He still has doubts, but he wants to believe that he is fated to be king. He wants to get support and advice for murdering Duncan from both witches and Lady Macbeth and get...
