The Three Witches In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

Macbeth was written and perfected by a man named William Shakespeare. Throughout this play, you start to see a trend of how Macbeth is being a great noble man, to at the end, a man that has no sympathy for anyone else but himself. There are three witches that appear before Macbeth telling him he will become the King of Scotland. Since Macbeth knows this, his thoughts and actions lead him down a path of devastation and despair. Macbeth is ultimately the maker of his own demise, due to his desperation of becoming king, his belief of the witch’s prophecy, and his over confidence in himself.
Unfortunately, his desperation of wanting to become King of Scotland in the beginning made him become a dis-honorable man and a heartless man. Macbeth became a dis-honorable man when he told his wife (Lady Macbeth) that “I have done the deed.” (II ii,14). That
The first of the apparitions is an armed head. It is there to tell Macbeth that Macduff is there to kill him. The second apparition is a bloody child. It tells Macbeth “Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.” (IV I,81-83). This apparition is saying that no one born of a woman can kill Macbeth, but who isn’t born of a woman? Lastly, the third apparition is a crowned child holding a tree. That child tells Macbeth that he shall never go till Great Birnam wood to Dunsinane hill shall come against him. When Macduff and Macbeth meet, Macbeth is not stricken with fear because of what the 2nd apparition said. As Macbeth is telling Macduff why he has no fear of him, Macduff says “Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.” (V viii,15). Macduff was born of a C-section not initially out of the womb. In the end Macduff beheads Macbeth, because his over confidence brought him to that