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• Macbeth: '"fair is foul and foul is fair"'
• Macbeth echoing the paradoxical expression

  Foreshadows that he will become a vessel for their twisted misconduct right from the offset
• Macbeth emulating the witches' paradoxical and oxymoronic phrases before encountering them


  Suggests a predestined susceptibility to manipulation and deception
• Macbeth's overreaching ambition

  Causes his downfall
• Supernatural forces exerted influence over Macbeth

  Are a catalyst for the inevitability of his tragic fate
• Phrase "have not seen": 'Evokes a vivid image of blindness'
• Blindness evoked by "have not seen"


  Foreshadows how Macbeth will be metaphorically blinded by the irresistible allure of the supernatural prophecies
• Macbeth's unchecked hubris (ego/pride)


  Becomes a driving force leading him astray