<p> I.iii. Macbeth’s Antithetical Arguments</p><p>After the witches deliver their message to Macbeth, he is torn about whether their “prophecy” is good or bad. GOOD BAD</p><p>The witches’ first two things they told me were true. It This supernatural temptation can’t be a good thing would stand to reason that the third will as well. either.</p><p>Their supernatural temptation doesn’t seem to be bad. If this is a good thing, why do I find myself thinking If it was bad, why was I promised a promotion that about murdering King Duncan, a thought so horrifying turned out to be true? I’m the Thane of Cawdor like that it makes my hair stand on end and my heart pound they said I would be. inside my chest?</p><p>It stands to reason, then, that I will become king. Even though it’s just a fantasy so far, the thought of committing murder shakes me up so much that I hardly know who I am anymore. </p><p>My ability to act is stifled by my thoughts and speculations, and the only things that matter to me are things that don’t really exist.</p><p>FINAL CONCLUSION: If fate wants me to be king, perhaps fate will just make it happen and I won’t have to do anything.</p>