How Did The Witches Affect Macbeth

In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the main character Macbeth is influenced by himself, Lady Macbeth, and the witches. Although the witches and Lady Macbeth do impact Macbeth, Macbeth is influenced the most by himself. The witches in Macbeth reveal Macbeth’s future destiny. They start to praise Macbeth when they encounter him and Banquo. For instance, Macbeth becomes affected by them after they exclaim, “All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glasmis! All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail Macbeth! That shalt be above all else from now on” (Mac. 1.2.48-50), revealing that Macbeth will be Macbeth will be above everyone. Macbeth immediately believes this prediction, but has little proof such as already being the Thane of Cawdor. Surprisingly, like Banquo, Macbeth

After the witches reveal Macbeth’s future, they awaken his ambitions. Moreover, before the witches begin to tempt and harm Macbeth, the first witch states, ‘lesser than Macbeth and greater.’. The first witch means that someone will eventually replace Macbeth. The witches do influence Macbeth by scaring him when they reveal his future, but they do not have the greatest impact on him. Lady Macbeth uses her own ambitions to persuade Macbeth to do her dirty work throughout the play. However, as Macbeth questions murdering Duncan, Lady Macbeth says to ‘screw courage to the sticking place’(Mac. 1.7.60). Her comment awakens Macbeth’s ambitions. Also, she questions his manhood while trying to persuade Macbeth to be a real man. In addition, while Macbeth begins to change his mind, he exclaims, ‘that they will go further in this business’ (Mac. 1.7.31). Macbeth is referring to murdering Duncan. This shows that Lady Macbeth’s questioning about Macbeth’s manhood does change his decision and even if he had rejected her, she would still go through. Furthermore, when Lady Macbeth expresses her wishes to be ‘unsexed’