Macbeth MacBeth was a play about a power hungry guy that would do anything to have power, including killing people. In the play, his moves and actions were heavily influenced by others. If he had just done his own thing would he have ended up the way he did? Some of the people that had an impact on him were his wife, Lady MacBeth, the witches, and MacDuff. Without the “help” of those people would he have ended up dead? First of and
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foremost I think the witches, including Hectate, play the biggest role in MacBeths downfall. They almost led him up to killings but not quite. First off they great him by saying, “Thane of Glamis (which he currently is), “Thane of Cawdor” (what he should soon be), and “King hereafter.” With that news he cannot hide it from Banquo whom is there with him. They then tell Banquo that he will be “lesser than MacBeth, and greater,” “not as happy, but yet much happier,” and “you shall get kings, but not be one.” Then later on in the story three apparitions’ ...

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