Their apparitions told him that “None of woman born/Shall harm Macbeth”(Act 4, Scene 1), and dispelled his anxieties by telling him: “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until/Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill/Shall come against him.” ( Act 4, Scene 1). The witches then tormented Macbeth, stealing his sleep and making sure he was plagued with insomnia. They ensured he would suffer they had invaded his mind with thoughts of royalty and riches and lulled him into a false sense of security that no one would hurt him. They knew it was a great sin to harm the King, a sin that would punish him dearly, and yet they still encouraged it by planting ideas in his mind that had not been there before. He would not have even considered hurting Duncan before he met the witches, and was still hesitant to afterwards. If Macbeth was not told to, “Beware Macduff”(Act 4, Scene 1), Macduff’s son and wife would be alive, as Macbeth had no reason to hurt him before he was forewarned. They inspired him to commit the murder that ensured his seat on the throne, but continued further on to plant the seed of suspicion on many around him, including Banquo and Macduff. Their paradoxes and others convincing only enforced his paranoia that someone would attempt to take his life from him and therefore caused him to take part in more…