"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron
bubble." (Witches, IV, I, 94) Alissa Judson Mrs. Frank Bl.
4 December 7,1999 Everyone has control over something.
Whether it be themselves, someone else, or a possession,
they have control. Throughout the play Macbeth, written by
Shakespeare, Macbeth is controlled by three witches and
also his wife. Macbeth has a free will to choose to do what
he wants but he frequently chooses to do what others want
or predict of him. In Act I, Scene iii, Macbeth can't withhold
himself from knowing more of what the witches have to
predict. He says to them, "Stay, you imperfect speakers.
Tell me more."(73) This is where the witches begin to gain
control over Macbeth, we know this because he doesn't
want them to leave and wants to know more about what he
will become. When Macbeth finds out what the witches have
predicted of him is coming true, he becomes stunned. He
then begins to think of how he will be king, and all the......
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