The Influence of the witches and Lady Macbeth on 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 e
"Even if the price of receiving an answer from the witch is universal destruction, he still demands to know it"(Ghose 242). She asks him why is afraid where there is so much glory in gaining the crown for himself. "Criticism on Shakespeare's Tragedies. 72-5] When the mental stumbling-block has been cleared away for him, he turns to the next question. Macbeth's imagination has been opened to that suggestion all because of the witches.
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