In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the first
person who thinks about his future is, obviously, Macbeth. This happens when the witches
make their first set of predictions to him, and the "Thane of Cawdor" prediction comes
true immediately.
Banquo also is curious about his future
because he asks the witches what predictions they have for him. However, where Macbeth
takes the Weird Sisters' words to heart, Banquo is curious like one might be of a
carnival or magic trick, but he doesn't lose sight of the facct that the witches are
evil. When Macbeth becomes the Thane of Cawdor, Banquo asks himself, can evil speak the
truth? He knows better.
Lady Macbeth
thinks about her future. She is the driving force behind having Duncan killed: she wants
to be queen, and it won't happen if Duncan doesn't
die.
Macduff thinks of his future toward the end of the
play, but only in that he wants to live long enough to kill Macbeth and take his revenge
for the deaths of his family members at the hands of Macbeth's
assassins.
Early on, Malcolm and Donalbain look to the
future in fleeing Scotland when there father is murdered so they
are not murdered, too.
At the end, Malcolm seems to think
about the future, but mostly in how he can serve Scotland—not necessarily about
himself.
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