Outside Forces
William Shakespeare¡¯s Macbeth, is a tragic play in which Macbeth, the main character, is forced through his own unchecked ambition as well as the weird sisters, to make the prophecies become true. Some readers assume that Macbeth is an innocuous and innocent character who was forced by his wife and the weird sisters to do detrimental deeds. But this is not true because Macbeth himself also had ambitions of his own. The weird sisters, also known as the three witches, were the ones who truly pushed Macbeth into violence and death. They knew that Macbeth had a weak character, and through it, they would be able to manipulate him to eventually induce him to his fate. Therefore the witches, the ones who prophesized Macbeth¡¯s fate, are who controlled his fate, but it was also Macbeth¡¯s ambition that caused the prophecies to become true.
The once guiltless Macbeth may have caused his own death through his ambitions, but it was mostly the witches that forced him......
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