The Three Witches 'Control In Macbeth'

Decent Essays
Donald Touchette
Period 1
2/20/18
People try to get control all the time Macbeth wants to be kind of Scotland. The three witches tell him he will be, and this wife wants to be the queen, but he’s the one in control.
Although the Three Witches and lady Macbeth have some control over the events in the play Macbeth had the most control.
The 3 Witches have some control over Macbeth because they influences his choices with their prophecies. Document A suggests that the 3 Witches have some control because they share a prophecy with Macbeth that says he “shall be king” and Macbeth believes the. Document D is important because here The 3 Witches show Macbeth three ghostly visions about His near future to “beware Macduff”, that “none of the woman born”

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