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Character: Macbeth
Quality: Optimism
Act 1
"No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death and with his former title greet Macbeth." (Act I, Scene ii, line 63)
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As the king utters these words, Macbeth's entire future is altered; he is to take the place of a removed nobleman. At this point, Macbeth's future looks promising; readers have learned of his success as a war hero, and now as a higher nobleman. Macbeth's optimism at the start of the play is quite high.
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Act 4
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"Come what may,time and the hour runs through the roughest day." (Act I, Scene iii, line 147)
"That will never be. Who can impress the forest, bid the tree unfix his earth-bound root? Sweet bodements, good!"(Act IV, Scene I)
Macbeth learns of his prophecy through the witches. He decides, for the time being, to allow fate to run its course. His life will continue on as the prophecy fulfills itself. Macbeth is still largely unconcerned about his future, but the conflict of fate vs. choices is introduced here-- a conflict he is torn between through the remainder of the play.
After hearing the witches' warped prophecies, Macbeth is lured into a false sense of security. He argues that trees could never walk to his palace, and finds solace in the "sweet" prophecies. For the first time perhaps since his murdering of Duncan, Macbeth feels almost fully confident in his future as king.
Optimism in his future
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Act 2
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"I'll go no more. I am afraid to think what I have done; Look on't again I dare not."(Act II, Scene ii, line 49)
After Macbeth kills Duncan, his optimism about his own future is briefly shaken because of the chance of getting caught. Macbeth is too traumatized by his actions and the thought of how they will affect his future to continue on a killing spree, so he sends Lady Macbeth to perfect the crime scene.
Act 3
"I'll call upon you straight. Abide within. It is concluded: Banquo, thy soul's flight, if it find heaven, must find it tonight." (Act III, Scene i, line 140)
Act 5
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Macbeth is so concerned and has a bleak outlook about his own future (terrorized by the fear of getting caught among his murders) that he decides to kill Banquo instead of accepting his downward decline in his optimism.
"Though Birnam Wood be come to Dunsinane, and thou opposed, being of no woman borne, yet I will try the last." (Act V, Scene viii, line 30)
In the final battle, just before his death, Macbeth finally understands the warped nature of the prophecies he was given by the witches. Since he now sees he can be killed by the man he is in battle with, Macbeth accepts his death, and valiantly agrees to fight until he is slain, though he holds absolutely no optimism about his future.
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