In Act III, Macbeth is presented as the new king, with him being the new king readers would expect for Macbeth to stop committing more crimes because all he wanted was to be king and he now held the title. However, when the witches told Macbeth the prophecy of him becoming the king Banquo was present, he also remembers the witches telling Banquo that “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none”, meaning that Banquo will not become king but one of his children will, this places fear upon him in which he makes the
