To what extent is Macbeth influenced by Lady Macbeth and by the witches in the murder of Duncan?

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To what extent is Macbeth influenced by Lady Macbeth and by the witches in the murder of Duncan?

Macbeth is a noble and an honoured person by the king. The king honours him so much that he made him thane of Cawdor and thane of Glamis, and that he decided that he will and all his men will go to Macbeth’s castle, which is in Dunsinane hill.

As Macbeth and Banquo are coming beck to the king from their glorious victory against the Norwegians they heard voices singing. When they went to these voices they saw three old ugly women. The three ugly women and theses were witches. One of them said to Macbeth “All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis”. Then the second witch said, “All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor”. Than the third witch said “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter”.

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The witches play around with the words when they speak and they only speak half-truths. Macbeth believed what they said but they didn’t force him to kill Duncan. The witches just played around with their words with Macbeth and told him only half-truths like you will be king here after.

When Macbeth went back to the king, the king praised him and said they are going to come to his castle and he announced that the king that will be after him would be his eldest son Malcolm. As Macbeth thought about this he had thoughts that said ...

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