Shakespeare wrote during the time of the Renaissance and people say that he wrote the play “Macbeth” for King James. Shakespeare started out as an actor and then became an author, writing 37 plays of three genres: Comedy, Drama, and Histories. Some may say that in the play “Macbeth,” by William Shakespeare, the main character, Macbeth, is influenced by his surroundings and is caused to do extremely profound things. This is exemplified through the witches, Lady Macbeth, and the Thane of Cowdor.
The witches, with their prophecy, cause Macbeth to start thinking about murdering his loyal friend, King Duncan. When the witches appear to him, Macbeth is arriving from a battle that he has just fought on behalf of his friend, King Duncan and this portrays his loyalty to Duncan. The witches appear to Macbeth, greeting him as “Thane of Glamis,” “Thane of Cowdor,” and “King hereafter.”(Act 1, Sc.3, Line 51) Basically, they are hinting out to Macbeth that he will be king, causing all his feelings of loyalty and love for Duncan to go down the drain because for the first time, Macbeth has negative feelings toward his “beloved” king. Soon, these feelings get out of control because they cause Macbeth to do something he would have never thought of before: murdering Duncan, who he once considered a friend. In addition, the witches, themselves, are terrible people and their strategy is to say a prophecy that is half true so the person fulfills the rest of the prophecy. Their goal is to create as much mischief in the world as possible. Then, one may ask, why did the witches choose Macbeth out of all people? The answer is that they knew that Macbeth is the most gullible of all. Banquo is with Macbeth when the witches give over the prophecy and they tell Banquo that his children will sit on the throne, but he, himself, will not (Act 1, Sc. 3, Line 70). However, it is obvious that Banquo does not let the prophecy occupy his thought the way Macbeth does.
Macbeth’s wife, Lady...