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In three pages this paper analyzes how the interplay between fear and foresight affects individuals making life-altering choices in this tragedy. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.
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certainly one of Shakespeares most macabre works, is certainly no exception. This play was written in 1606, three years after the death of esteemed French philosopher Pierre Charron, who
once wrote, "Human valor is a wise cowardliness, a fear accompanied with foresight to avoid one evil by another" (Soellner 342). It was as if in the protagonist Macbeth
(and his wife), Shakespeare was exploring the notion that unwise cowardliness fueled by evil would inevitably have tragic consequences. However, paradoxically, the wise cowardliness that was a noble byproduct
of acting with moral correctness would ultimately succeed in thwarting the evil by another. Everyone knows what fear is - anxiety or trepidation about a particular situation or event -
and foresight is literally as its name implies, being able to see into the future and act accordingly. Foresight requires careful planning to achieve a future objective. In
Macbeth, Shakespeare uses a dark force of nature in the form of the witch sisters to present Lord Macbeth with the foresight that would dictate his future actions. This
seems to suggest that the warrior servant of Scotlands King Duncan lacks any foresight of his own. Returning from battle, Macbeth and his trusted lieutenant are confronted by a
trio of witches who predict: THIRD WITCH. All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!... FIRST WITCH. Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. SECOND WITCH. Not so happy, yet much happier.
THIRD WITCH. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo! (I.iii.52, 67-70) While this has no effect upon Banquo except the fear
of this supernatural encounter), this foresight becomes the primary motivation for , who has no interest in being the Thane of Cawdor if there is any possibility of becoming King,
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