Macbeth 2-3

The underlying theme of "ambition," becomes more apparent in the second and third act of Macbeth. It is clear that the thought of how Duncan's death, as indirectly prophesied by the witches, not only has Macbeth thinking but Banquo as well. Banquo is aware of what Macbeth is capable of and even tries to get some answers out of Macbeth when he says that what the witches foretold may have had "some truth" to it. Macbeth plays the almost too obvious "oh yeah I totally forgot about that whole thing until right this second when you mentioned it just now. I wasn't thinking about it every waking minute or anything..." card on Banquo which, if anything, raises Banquo's suspicions even more. Macbeth's dissent into madness (spoiler alert) also begins in these acts, starting with the vision of the bloody dagger with the handle facing towards him and being extended after Banquo is killed and Macbeth hallucinates that his ghost is sitting in his seat. I do not understand why Macbeth is not more freaked out when he learns that Fleance escapes. The Weird sisters have not been wrong yet so obviously there prediction about Banquo's sons eventually assuming the throne must be correct as well. I mean, Fleance literally escaped with his life from 3 murderers, people who do this for a living, after they had easily killed his father, by simply running away. Clearly, fate is already affecting the people involved in the prophecy because that is just miraculous that the kid got away.