Question 15 • Common Core ELA 12
Answer:
Students should recognize that Macbeth’s discovery that he is indeed Thane of Cawdor makes him believe that the witches’ other predictions must also be accurate. Students may also feel that Macbeth accepts the witches’ predictions because he is a superstitious man in a superstitious age and/or because the predictions give him a pretext for doing what he already was wont to do (because of his excessive ambition). Students should support their ideas with details from the play as well as logical reasons.