Question

Choose an event from the play. Focus on the purpose it serves in the story. Consider how the story would change if that event was altered. Form your ideas into a paragraph of at least five sentences. Make sure to include supporting evidence from the play.
The weird sisters' predictions for Macbeth and Banquo
Macbeth's murder of Banquo
The appearance of Banquo's ghost at Macbeth's coronation dinner

Answer 1

#1) Form your ideas into a paragraph of at least five sentences. Make sure to include supporting evidence from the play.

Answer: I believe that the most important event from the play is the weird sisters predictions in the beginning of the play. The main reason being that this is what triggered the conflict and the ambition to be the King. In other words it was the beginning of his demise. If this event had not happened then the story would have played out in a completely different path.

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Answer 2

Choose an event from the play:

The weird sisters' predictions for Macbeth and Banquo

Focus on the purpose it serves in the story:

The encounter of the witches with Macbeth is what kindles the conflict  of the story. The fact that the weird sisters greet Macbeth as a king, sets in motion his desire to do whatever it takes to become the king. Apart from that, the prophecy about Banquo (his sons will be kings) will influence Mabeth's plans to try to murder him and his son. Therefore, the porpose of this event is to set in motion the main conflict of the story.

Consider how the story would change if that event was altered. Form your ideas into a paragraph of at least five sentences. Make sure to include supporting evidence from the play.

If the three weird sisters wouldn't have given any prophecy to  Macbeth and Banquo, they would still be soldiers fighting for King Duncan until he dies, after that, maybe Macbeth could have been chosen as the king, since he was respected by the people of Scotland. In the second scene of Act 1, he is introduced as a very honorable soldier, if not the saviour of Scotland: "But all's  too weak, for brave Macbeth -well he deserves that name-" (Act 1, Scene 2, Line 16). If Macbeth would have let things happen on its own, maybe he could have become the king without murdering the king himself.