The Weird Sisters

Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragedy that circles around ideas of light and dark. In the beginning of the book, Macbeth seems as if he is the most valiant, brave and loyal soldier Scotland could ever have. With every scene that passes, the audience expects that Macbeth will become a better person, but the tragedy is full of irony. Macbeth eventually becomes more ruthless and it becomes obvious that his downfall is near. The people who are responsible for Macbeth's downfall are the Weird Sister, also known as the three witches, because they constantly lead Macbeth in the wrong path and make him mentally unstable. The witches are at fault for making this book a tragedy because they planned to ruin Macbeth's life, made false prophecies, and made Macbeth mentally ill.

The Weird sisters' purpose in life is to ruin people's lives. Shakespeare provides us with scenes in which these witches have meetings on how to disrupt Macbeth's life. He already gives the audience an insight onto what the plan of the witches is in the first scene of the book. "Fair is foul and foul is fair,/Hover through the fog and filthy air" (1.1.12-13). In this quote, the witches explain that whatever they do may seem unfair for humans, but is fair for them. The witches constantly do dark and magical things that they think is good. In this case, their meetings are based upon planning the death/downfall of Macbeth. The witches also obtained help from Hecate, who gave them advice as to how to control Macbeth's life. "As by the strength of their illusion/Shall draw him on to his confusion./He shall spurn fate, scorn death..." (3.5.28-30). The leader of the witches explains about the apparitions that the witches will use to confuse Macbeth even more. Hecate could obviously see the fear and anxiousness from Macbeth and decided to