Why is macbeth both excited and fearful after hearing the witches' prediction about his future?
a. the witches told macbeth that even though he would not be king, his children would inherit the throne.
b. the witches are powerful, and macbeth is afraid they will do something to harm the king.
c. the witches told macbeth that he would be a great hero even though he would be killed in battle.
d. the witches told macbeth that he would be king, and he is worried about his role in making the prediction come true.

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following is true about the above excerpt? ethos is used in reference to “dangers and ghosts.” logos is used in saying all men forget and want to forget, because the talmud also praised forgetting. ethos is used in referring to the ancients, the talmud, and god. pathos is used without loaded language.