Comparing Macbeth And The Weird Sisters

The way mortals react to fate has been a common theme in literature from ancient Greek myths, to modern novels. In Shakespeare’s play MacBeth, MacBeth, a thane, learns of his fate from the mystical Weird Sisters. This causes him and his wife to obsess over power while convincing themselves that murder is acceptable. As both of them struggle with the ethics behind their sudden rise to glory, MacBeth is visited by the Weird Sisters at different times during the play. Though it may seem like the Weird Sisters can see into the future, all they are really doing is providing MacBeth with the courage to confront his deep-rooted desire for power.
When MacBeth first meets the Weird Sisters, they pretend to know what MacBeth will have accomplished in the future, though their ulterior motive is to reach MacBeth’s deep seeded desire for Kingship. MacBeth and his friend Banquo leave the battle after defeating Norwegians. As they walk through the woods, they come across three Witches, who provide both Banquo and MacBeth with prophecies. “All hail, MacBeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! / All hail, …show more content…
MacBeth follows the prophecy, forcing them to become true, it is not fate, just human greed. MacBeth’s prophecies are inevitably going to happen because MacBeth believes what he wants from them, and since he follows them, they happen. The theme of fate plays a key role in MacBeth, and it seems that the Weird Sisters do not actually tell MacBeth his fate, they just tell him what he secretly wants to hear. MacBeth blinded himself by greed, assuming that since three witches tell him something, it is bound to happen. People often convince themselves that they are doing something for the same reason. They say that they were bound to do something, fated even, but in actuality, they just want to convince themselves that they are doing something for another reason besides they just want