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Who's this? Dominic Cooke is the director.

Context: Is Macbeth's downfall a question of chance or his own ambition? Is he simply too impatient to see the prophecy fulfilled? It would be interesting to consider what might have happened if he had taken no further action. Stories of prophecy, however, depend on the protagonist hastening his own fate. Of course, the witches predictions are not straightforward and depend on trickery for their final conclusion.

What do you think? How far did meeting the witches change Macbeth's life? Was it a turning-point or was he already a man of great ambition? Lady Macbeth says he doesn't like wrongdoing but is happy to reap the rewards of someone else's dishonesty.