Macbeth also buried the past by murdering everyone who came in the way of his kingship or anyone who might guess that he murdered Duncan, illustrating the idea that some people may let their need for power get the best of them. Macbeth chooses to believe the witches' prophecies about his ...
to important questions, was the hallmark of a demon in disguise. King James himself made it a pressing matter to write down the differences between good and evil spirits inDaemonologie, a text that appears to have made an enormous impact on Shakespeare,particularly as he was craftingMacbeth. ...
in doing it, pays itself." But in Act 3, once he kills Duncan to take his place as king, Macbeth speaks of "my Genius" and begs fate to "champion me to the utterance." He also