Character Analysis: The Witches

The witches play the supernatural element of the play. The opening of the play that introduces the witches foreshadows destruction early on in the beginning. As they are only present in a couple of scenes, their presence motivates Macbeth’s actions. They create the paranormal and mystic feel of the play, making ambiguous predictions to lead Macbeth to his downfall. It’s almost hard to determine if the witches are really the reason for Macbeth’s debacle or if Macbeth brought them upon himself. Utterly wicked and extremely malicious, there is even a part in the play where one of the witches talks about putting a spell on a random ladies husband because she wouldn’t share. This illustrates the immoral insecurities the witches have.  They are the reason for Macbeth’s ambition and are the main cause of Macbeth’s extreme dynamicity. Each prediction the witches presented held some levels of truth, but the last was a play on words. They’re wickedness made way for the play to be a tragedy, qualifying in the murder of many.