The Importance of the Witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth

There is no doubt that the witches predictions and apparitions in the tragedy by William Shakespeare, "Macbeth" does not just play a significant role - in fact, at first glance, witches determine the development of the plot. There are three apparitions that the witches use trick Macbeth and drive the plot. However, the meaning of the prophecies in the tragedy is much more serious than it appears at a superficial glance with the work of the writer. But before proceeding to the analysis and prediction of their impact on the course of events, attention should be paid to the images of the witches, who predict Macbeth becoming king.

In this Shakespeare tragedy, all is very dramatic and mysterious. In the beginning, the witches discuss when they will meet again, and decide to hook up.

(Act I, Scene I, Line 3-4)

“When the hurly-burly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won.”

And than all three witches go back to their supernatural business.

(Act I, Scene I, Line 12)

“Fair is foul and foul is fair”

Macbeth and Banquo, commanders of Scottish King Duncan's army, they met three witches in the fog amid thunder and lightening. The witches image are fantastic, they look like not woman or man. They did usual witchy stuff: one was killing a swine; another was making some poor sailor life miserable. They were going to help by depriving him of sleep.

(Act I, Scene III, Line 2,4 page13 and Line19)

“Killing swine”, “A sailor’s wife had chestnuts in her lap”, I’ll drain him dry as hey.” When witches hearing Macbeth is approach, the witches dance around in a circle.

(Act I, Scene III, Line 31, 32) “ A drum, a drum! Macbeth doth come.”

Copyright tragedy gives the witches attributes that the medieval legends require to portray them as evil. For th...

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...how illusory were predictions as they predicted his safety. But in the end, cornered like a hunted animal in his own castle that was captured by Macduff along with an advancing army carrying trees from the Birnam Wood. But then repentance alien Macbeth: all that is left of it before – it is bravery though, it is not a noble valor warrior fighting for a just cause, and despair lost soul mired in pride and anger. Even before his death he remembers not about God or his crimes, but about the deceptive predictions on which he relied too much.

Macbeth curses the (Act V, Scene VIII, Line 3)

“And be these juggling fiends no more believed”, and their twisted prophesy. Now that he is knows he is not invulnerable, he does not want to fight Macduff anymore but he also does not want to yield. Since he has to pick one, he decides to keep fighting, right until Macdaff kills him.