No, Macbeth was already Thane of Glamis.
Quote from original Mabeth scene 3.
"FIRST WITCH.
All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
SECOND WITCH.
All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
THIRD WITCH.
All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter!"
"MACBETH.
Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more:
By Sinel's death I know I am Thane of Glamis;
But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives..."
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In Act 1 Scene 2, the noblemen Angus and Ross met up with friends and fellow Generals Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] and Banquo. In the course of the conversation, Ross said that he was the bearer of good news from King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040]. The King had given the title and possessions of the Thane of Cawdor to Macbeth. Macbeth didn't know that Cawdor had confessed to betraying his sovereign and asked to be punished. Cawdor held a powerful title and profitable properties. The disposition of Cawdor's earthly titles and possessions was the King's decision to make. Perhaps the King wasn't known for sharing outside of his immediate family. After all, his reward to Banquo for saving crown and county was just a 'thank you'. At any rate, the whole situation was unbelievable to Macbeth even though the witches previously had hailed him as Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. First and foremost, he didn't know of Cawdor's execution. And so, in Lines 108-109, Macbeth asked Angus and Ross, 'The Thane of Cawdor lives./Why do you dress me/In borrowed robes'?
Tim Duncan in 1998
Banquo's talk with Fleance was significant for the explicit concern over the violence of nature, and the implied concern over the witches' predictions. In Act 2 Scene 1 of the Shakespearean play, Banquo met with his son in the courtyard of Macbeth's castle at Inverness. He let Fleance know of his trouble sleeping. He was plagued with a concern over the uproar in nature, and the darkness of the night and of his own thoughts. It was possible that Banquo was tempted by the power that would be his as father to a long royal line. He also might have been considering what he could do to make the Scottish crown and throne his as well as those of his descendants. In Lines 8-9, he prayed for deliverance from the 'cursed thoughts that nature/Gives way to in repose!'
I don't know...can someone tell me?!! I know that the atmosphere in scene 1 is thunder and lightning, when the three witches make a complicated conversation with each other. uh.....duh??? you really have to read and annotate (mark passages that you think is important with connection to the theme as you go along reading). Anyway, you can find your answer in Act 1 Scene 3 line 40. A tip: get some colorful post-it notes to flag pages that you have annotated. Write a title on the exposed part of your post-it note so you can easily find that passage next time. It would help to highlight or underline those important passages while annotating it.
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The witches prophesied to Macbeth that he is currently the Thane of Glamis and will become the Thane of Cawdor, and eventually, he will be king.
The three witches predict that Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor and then the King of Scotland. They also predict that Banquo's descendants will inherit the throne, sparking Macbeth's ambition and actions to make the prophecies come true.
After Macbeth, Banquo, and King Duncan exchange warm greetings, King Duncan announce Malcom as the Prince of Cumberland.
Macbeth attempts to act casual about the witches prophecies and lies to Banquo when he tells him he doesn't think about the prediction at all. In actuality, not only is it on his mind, but he is planning to kill Duncan to make the prophecy come true.
In a general way, because he had done good military service to the kingdom. In this respect, he might have given the title equally to Banquo. The fact that Macbeth was of royal blood and a close relative to the king was probably a factor. Duncan was an incurable nepotist as witness his making the feckless and militarily useless Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland. Do not make the mistake of thinking that it was a reward for capturing the traitor Cawdor. Macbeth didn't do that, because if he had, he would never have said shortly afterwards "The Thane of Cawdor lives, a prosperous gentleman! Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?" If he had said that after capturing him Ross would have replied "Because you just finished capturing him on the battlefield you stupid twit!"
Lady Macbeth gave her husband advice when he came back home as Thane of Glamis and of Cawdor. She told Macbeth to be deceitful, duplicitous, hypocritical, and treacherous. She counseled him especially to hide his feelings and thoughts. In particular, she advised him to present a welcoming manner and speech to King Duncan. She likened the effect to an 'innocent flower'. But she told him to be despicable, disgusting, and dishonest as the 'serpent under' the flower.
Lennox notes that Malcolm and Donalbain have been accused of Duncan's murder and Fleance has been accused of Banquo's. However, he intimates that if either of them were in Macbeth's control, they would find out what it means to be murdered.
The number three represented evil in the Shakespearean play 'Macbeth'. For example, there were three witches, who weren't good witches. The three witches had three greetingsand three predictions each for Banquo and Macbeth. They had three more predictions with Macbeth's second visit with them. All of the information from two interactions with the witches helped push the brave Macbeth ever more towards his dark side of ambition and manipulability. Macbeth went on to kill directly, or to be directly responsible for killing, three specific times. The first was the murder of his own sovereign, King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040]. The second and third were the hired killings of his best friend and fellow Captain Banquo, and of his colleague Macduff's entire family and household.
The three witches in Macbeth tell Macbeth and banquo that Macbeth will be king of the land. Banquo asks what is in store for him , and the witches reply , that his sons will inherit the throne. In later story Macbeth Kills banquo so it is his sons that are heir to the throne.
Duncan, about the first Thane of Cawdor. Of course, his next choice for Thane of Cawdor is someone else in whom he builds an absolute trust, namely Macbeth. Truly, Duncan is useless at finding the mind's construction in the face, which might make him a saint or an idiot, but in any event a man unequipped to be an effective king.
To make sure that Banquo's son wont become king as the witches prediccted.
MacBeth questions whether "the devil speaks true." He is referring to the witches and one of their predictions of him being the thane of Cawdor. The prediction is true yet MacBeth knows the Thane of Cawdor to be alive. Angus informs MacBeth that the thane is dead. MacBeth continues in his aside to wonder about the other prophecy of becoming king.