Macbeth is a very interesting book with lots of good intentions but turn out to be bad The book was placed in 1606 and takes place in Scotland during the medieval times Macbeth meets a group of three witches and is told that he himself is going to become thane of Cawdor and then finally become King The three witches play a big factor in this book or do they After a tough battle on their way home Macbeth and Banquo stumble into three witches who say Macbeth will become king All hail Macbeth Hail to thee thane of Glamis All hail Macbeth Hail to thee Thane of Cawdor All hail Macbeth that shalt be king hereafter Act 1 Scene 3 Line 51 53 At first Macbeth is a little skittish about them then he hears them say he will become king hereafter and his attitude changed He wanted to know more but the witches wouldn t say another Also after saying Macbeth will come to be king the witches say Banquo s children will become king as well Banquo at this point is fully trusting of the witches Macbeth is still on the fence but after the witches predicted he would become thane of Cawdor he was set in stone After hearing about his prophecy he goes off and writes a letter to his wife about what happened His wife is very excited and doesn t think twice about what she just read and has decided that she will make Macbeth King She worries that Macbeth lacks the cruelty he needs to murder Duncan and rationalize the witch s prediction Lady Macbeth discovers Duncan is approaching to visit she requests supernatural agents to fill her with cruelty because she needs evil power and doesn't have any in her soul
