Macbeth
The combination of the influence of the witches and the influence of Lady Macbeth on Macbeth are what precipitate the tragedy. The witches' initial prophecies, where they address Macbeth with titles he doesn't have, influence Macbeth. The apparitions in the play also have an influence on Macbeth because of their ambiguous allure. When Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth's masculinity she influences him to kill Duncan. Even though Macbeth has doubts, Lady Macbeth convinces him to kill Duncan by calming his fears. Lady Macbeth wants to see her husband succeed and become king; she will stop at nothing to make that possible. The witches' and Lady Macbeth manipulate and evoke Macbeth to act the way he does in the play because he is susceptible to their influence. The witches' deceptive predictions give Macbeth and Lady Macbeth a false sense of what is possible. The witches do not only deceive Macbeth but their predictions tempt him to commit the murder of Duncan. "From the moment that their eyes first met with Macbeth's, he is spell-bound. That meeting sways his destiny" (Lambs 184). The Weird Sisters are the ones who give Macbeth the impulse to commit the treasonous act. "They are the supernatural beings who encourage Macbeth in his evil i
The first witch greets him with, "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis"(I, iii, 49). This is the title that he already has, and the only shock in that statement is that the witch knew who he was without introduction. She asks him why is afraid where there is so much glory in gaining the crown for himself. This logic leaves out of account the extraordinary: the man brought into the world by Cesarean section" (McCarthy 282). She was able to calm his fears to assure him that the plan would work and benefit him. This shows how everything the witch's have predicted will come true. Lady Macbeth has so much power, which one can observe by her actions over her husband alone, that she is the greatest influence in his life. In the most directly lustful of her ambitious fantasies, Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that the "great business" of murdering the King "shall to all our nights and days to come give solely sovereign sway and masterdom" (I, v, 67-68). He can not think beyond the usual course of things. Macbeth says that this is a "Horrible Sight! (IV, i, 122), but the first witch asks him why he's so surprised, because, after all, they forewarned him of this in the first prediction. "Even if the price of receiving an answer from the witch is universal destruction, he still demands to know it"(Ghose 242). She also is looking out for his benefit and wants to see him succeed.
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