Macbeth is very impressionable. As his story progresses we see how easily manipulated he can be. Witches, come to tell him he is going to be king then, his wife makes him kill the king. This pushes him further into the wrong by killing many innocent people for the fortune and fame of being king. This strong brave soldier can be made to do anything if he is pushed enough. Throughout the story, we see his point of view change as he is conflicted and confused by the actions he is doing. Macbeth may have confused his Free will with fate, and this leads him down a violent, evil path.
Macbeth at the beginning of the play seems like he has everything under control when the witches tell him his future and it coming true. But we can see how his mind works when he says “This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am Thane of Cawdor. If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?
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He says this when talking to Benquo about a dream he had including the witches. We know when he says this the witches are the only things he is thinking about. We also see how his fear is getting to him when he says “To be thus is nothing,But to be safely thus. Our fears in BanquoStick deep, and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be feared. Tis much he dares, And to that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor To act in safety. There is none but he Whose being I do fear; and, under him,”(Shakespeare 3.1.48-55). The witches telling him his fate has made him think of things that would never happen. His mind is now so messed up that he thinks everyone is against him and the only way of surviving is killing everyone that may be a