The Witches Influence On Macbeth

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“One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don’t think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.” (Julius Erving). The witches manipulated Macbeth by influencing him with he subconsciously desired. The plot remains solely the witches for every death and vile deed taken place within Macbeth. However, due to the simple fact that the witches submit to Hecate, as apparent in Act Three, Scene Five. This appointed Hecate, Satan, as the overall mastermind of Macbeth’s fate. Without the witches interference the plot in question would not exist. Therefore, the witches possessed all responsibility for events that occurred …show more content…
In Act One, Scene Seven, Lines One through Thirty, Macbeth performs a soliloquy after his wife’s soliloquy which displayed his uncertainties whether to murder King Duncan. “Could trammel up the consequence, and catch……….We still have judgment here, that we but teach/ Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return/ To plague th’ inventor: this even-handed justice/ Commends the ingredients of our poison’d chalice/ To our own lips. He’s here in double trust:/ First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,/ Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,/ Who should against his murderer shut the door,/ Not bear the knife myself…….. Upon the sightless couriers of the air,/ Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,/ That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur/ To prick the sides of my intent, but only/ Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself/ And falls on th’ other.” Macbeth remains undecided on whether to murder Duncan. However, this consideration remains solely direct result of the witches predictions, because without it Macbeth whom asserted his loyalty towards King Duncan whom vowed to defend the King at all …show more content…
They created this by informing Macbeth of his fate of becoming King. Macbeth states this in Act One, Scene Three, Lines Seventy-One through Eighty, “Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more./ By Sinel’s death I know I am thane of Glamis./ But how of Cawdor? The thane of Cawdor lives,/ A prosperous gentleman, and to be king/ Stands not within the prospect of belief,/ No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence/ You owe this strange intelligence, or why/ Upon this blasted heath you stop our way/ With such prophetic greeting. Speak, I charge you.” He examines his life in this quote to decide whether he felt content. The witches intensified the unhappiness and evoked Macbeth to feel displeased with the positions bestowed upon him from the King. He craved more that lead to the King’s death and eventually his own. The next example as to why Macbeth contained a sense of unhappiness took flight in Act Four, Scene One, Lines One through One Hundred Thirty-Five. In this section of the scene, Macbeth demanded to understand how to destroy any enemies. In response to his demand, three apparitions appeared and foreshadowed how Macbeth shall fall. The apparitions the witches summoned to deliver the fate. Therefore, the blame falls on the witches, because they originated the drama and generated the overall plot. If the weird sisters never foretold anything, then evil deeds could not erupt from their
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