In Macbeth, the witches seem to be confusing figures, they are portrayed as dark, eccentric, and strangely amusing creatures. It doesn’t seem that they have that much of an importance early on, but after finishing the story and truly comprehending, we see that the witches have done a lot. Through certain examples, and subtle clues displayed in the story, we can safely deduce that the “weird sisters” were specifically designed to implant ideas in …showed first 75 words of 1496 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1496 total…do it, such as by giving himself up to the utmost evil, Hecate. We have seen characters in the story doubt Macbeth’s sanity when he believes that he sees Banqou’s ghost. All of these instances prove the fact that the witches implanted the ideas of evil in Macbeth’s head. From knowing this we can safely deduce, that the point for having the witches in the story was to have them influence Macbeth.