"if someone knows of the future it can stop them from making the right descisions when the time comes." I read that somewhere. I think that goes with this.(I dunno=) )good writing by the way.

does that basically mean that none it would have happened if they hadnt given him the idea? the power of suggestion, or something? maybe they werent foreseeing, just betting that he wanted power and would do it if he thought he could... great poem soz about my overanalysing.

hmm...i thought i'd be all clever and guess the meaning to the poem, but everyone else already beat me to it..
i guess AP english had SOME use after all~
and m i like how you ended the poem, short and simple...very to the point-ish

it's quite simple realy! the question lies in whether or not the predictions of the witches would have come to pass if they never told macbeth. or did their predictions take theirselfs into account? such that a prediction of the future would include the outcome of the knowledge of the future. this almost borders on paradoxical!
ok, where's my cookie?

Ah, one can never have enough of the Bard, methinks. I suppose you mean that if Macbeth had not heard the witches prophesying, he had never pursued his destiny.
Nice little poem, written in a way it reminded me of an omen.

And thanks for the reviews.

Ok... I thought it was time I told everyone what this poem means. *grins* I think I made ya wait long enough. Basically this poem is trying to ask the question "Would Macbeth had done what he had done if the witches had not interfeared?" The poem answers by saying that without the supernatural intervention, that which is now fact would never have happened, so what happened is not truth, but it is fact... Time travel and messing with the future is fun!

I understand all but the last part...

But that fact,
Is not
Truth.

It confuzzles me. How is the witches fortelling not truth by the end? He was killed by one who, strivtly speaking, was not born of a woman. He was not defeated until, in a way, Birnam Wood came to Dunsinane. And he was thane of Glamis, Cawdor, and then he became King. How was the foretelling not true? I do like the poem, though. Very cool.

Can I quote Banquo to prove that I know what your lil poem means? 'That trusted home/ Might yet enkindle you unto the crown/besides the Thane of Cawdor. But 'tis strange/and oftentimes, to win us to our harm/the instruments of darkness tells us truths;/win us with honest trifles, to betray's/in deepest consequence-'

Do I really get a cookie or did I just waste my time writing all of that?

Fab poem btw! Sorry I should have said that first rather than ensuring i get a cookie!

xxx

This is interesting. I like the way you said the fact is not truth, for some reason. Keep writing!