Puts up what he has done, coming to the conclusion that: "On my head they have set a fruitless crown / And they have put a barren scepter in my grasp", all that he did and left the passage was for Fleance (Banquo's son). His evil enters him as he plans to eliminate Banquo and his son Fleance, perhaps changing his own destiny. Macbeth has hired three assassins (Banquo's servants) to eliminate them. Later that evening Banquo returns with Fleance, the assassins attack Banquo but Fleance manages to escape. He escapes because it is written in destiny and so he will become king when the right time comes. Macbeth really shows that there is no turning back with these lines: "I am in the blood / I have come so far that, if I should wade no more / Returning would be as dull as going... [We have just begun our killings]. Then he will find himself with the witches who will tell him more about his fate. Three apparitions (an armed head, a bloody child, a crowned child, with a tree in his hand) warn Macbeth of his fate to the Thane of Fife... be bloodthirsty, bold and resolute; laugh in contempt The power of man, for not born of woman will harm Macbeth... Be loose as a lion, proud and accept nothing