Examples Of Meddling In Macbeth

In Macbeth, the audience can see the Weird sisters blamed and criticized for the events in the play. This is often because in the literary world they are known for their fatal flaw of meddling, but are they really interfering at all? In the play there are many instances where the three witches make an appearance and give a prophecy that is all too convenient, but this shouldn't be classified as meddling if they do not take any action to change or alter things. Along with the fact that they are sought out by Macbeth at times as well, displaying how Macbeth's own actions eventually lead to his downfall. Throughout the play there are multiple instances where the witches appear and give prophecy or wisdom. On the contrary, they never direct Macbeth or tell him exactly what to do. Often they are very vague with their words.This is because

This overall scene displays how even when the witches are minding their business they are sought out by Macbeth and even in this scene, refuse to tell him what to do but instead give him a glimpse of what could happen. Further supporting that the witches are not meddling for personal gain but instead set a much larger mystic plan in motion, and that although they appear often it is not always of personal choice but instead the actions of Macbeth himself. The average observer can see that although the three witches are sought out by Macbeth and do not in fact “meddle” and are part of a much larger goddess/deity, they are still consistently blamed for Macbeth's wrong doings and evil both in the play and in the world of literature. This point is argued in the book “We Three” by Laura Shames. In her book, Shames goes over the mythology and the history of the three witches, along with their ties to the theatrical world and how they are represented in