Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a wicked display of one man’s weaknesses and the forces that possess him. Macbeth was gullible and single-minded. He was obsessed with the throne, which became his ultimate goal. The witches were misleading with their ambiguous predictions because they wanted to disrupt the order of the hierarchy. The witches and the powers that they represented roused Macbeth to the kingship and eventually to his death. Macbeth, just like anybody …showed first 75 words of 577 total…

…showed last 75 words of 577 total…their ambiguous predictions. The only thing Macbeth cared about was maintaining the throne. The witches’ predictions may have been ambiguous with a line of kings and predictions of invulnerability sharpened Macbeth’s gullibility. The three sisters of evil were to corrupt and create disorder and chaos in an entire kingdom. End Notes Macbeth W. Shakespeare, Longman Canada Limited 1965, Act I, Scene 3, L. 48-50 Act IV, Scene I, L. 78-81 Act I, Scene I, L. 1-12