Witches

	Paraphrase	Effect on Macbeth
Act 1 Scene iii All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! SECOND WITCH. All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! THIRD WITCH. All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter!
FIRST WITCH. Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. SECOND WITCH. Not so happy, yet much happier. THIRD WITCH. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none: So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!
Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
Act III Scene v How did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth In riddles and affairs of death;
Beware Macduff! Beware the Thane of Fife
Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth.
Be lion-mettled, proud; and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him.
[Eight kings appear, and pass over in order, the last with a glass in his hand; Banquo following.]
Act V Scene vii I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born.

In a five paragraph essay, discuss how the witches influence Macbeth.

In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the witches influence Macbeth….