In Macbeth, Macbeth is taken over by greed and he abuses his power as king. Ultimately, Macbeth fears the verity of the witches' prophecy, which states that Macbeth will be king but that he will not be father to a line of kings as will Banquo. As a result, Macbeth is quite insecure in his position as king, so he goes to extreme measures to try to gain a sense of security. As king, he is able to wield his power to get others to do his bidding. For example, he threatens two men to kill Banquo and Fleance, and the men feel that they have no choice but to comply with Macbeth's orders. Macbeth uses his power to have other people murdered, like Macduff's entire family and court, to cover up his initial crime of killing Duncan and to try to get out of the snare of the witches' prophecy.
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