Which statement best explains the importance of the spirits’ predictions near the end of william shakespeare’s the tragedy of macbeth?

macbeth feels confident because he thinks none of the predictions can come true.

macbeth realizes that the predictions were misleading and that he is doomed.

macbeth feels sad that the predictions were about macduff’s advancing armies.

macbeth realizes that all of the predictions were true and could have no effect on his fate.

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli which words in the passage have negative connotations?inhuman, cruelty, rebelled how do the words with negative connotations support the claim?by defining the actions of a leader who is to be feared