n, some professors that study Shakespeare say that maybe the witchesdid not know, but made accurate predictions. Walter Curry believes that witches cannot read someone s mind, butby looking at Macbeth s actions they make the apparitions that they believe will work (Curry 63). This quoteexplains his ideas: Realizing that he desires the kingdom, they prophesy that he shall be king, thus arousing hispassions and influencing his imagination to the extent that nothing is but what is not (Curry 63). This quoteexactly explains what I am trying to state: that the witches cannot read minds, but they make accurate predictionsof Macbeth s fantasies. Their predictions were correct since they influenced Macbeth. Macbeth in the beginning was a blameless character. He would not have even thought about becomingking if the Weird Sisters did not come to him. It was hard for him to believe that he was Thane of Cawdor, andthey said he is going to become king. As Steevens put it: Macbeth deceived by the illusions of witchcraft was areligious, temperate, and blameless character (Steevens 464). This quote means that Macbeth was a blamelesscharacter, but he was deceived by the Weird Sisters whom made him a murderer. It is believed that if it were not for the witches Macbeth would not even think of becoming Thane ofCawdor, and even more king. This shows how the thesis is accurate, showing how the witches shaped the play byinfluencing Macbeth. Bradley believes that the witch s apparitions were apparitions alone, and that they were notthe only influence on Macbeth, but instead they were more of a spark. (Bradley 368) This shows that the witcheswere not the only influence, but they started everything. How this happened was that after Macbeth found out, hetold his wife, Lady Macbeth, through a letter about the apparitions. When Lady Macbeth found out, she rightaway started supporting her husband. Brooks supports this by stating Tempted by the Weird Sisters and urge...
