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Hecate's Influence On Macbeth

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Hecate, being the very influential goddess of witchcraft, begins her speech by addressing the three witches who unveiled riddles and prophesies to Macbeth without first consulting her. She is enraged that such an important decision was made by beings lesser than herself and labels the witches as disobedient hags, claiming that it was she who gave the witches such great power with which to do their evil deeds, reminding them of her authority, control and power over them. Hecate is also disappointed that she was not given the chance to flaunt her powers to Macbeth.
Hecate further chastises the witches by stating that they have wasted their efforts on an angry and hateful man who has no interest in witchcraft but is only after obtaining his own …show more content…

Hecate also informs the witches of this upcoming event as it further boasts her abilities to see into the future, clearly displaying her expansive knowledge which is another sign of power.
The witches are ordered to bring their cauldrons, spells, charms and everything else necessary. Hecate is about to leave them, as during the afternoon she will be busy plotting.
She informs the witches of her decision to produce artificial, magical spirits that will trick Macbeth with illusions to build his self-confidence and hope. ‘And you all know security/ Is mortals’ chiefest enemy’, implies that Hecate is using her power of knowledge for evil in that she will toy with Macbeth’s frailty of mind for her own enjoyment and for Macbeth’s doom.
This particular scene is significant as the main idea in the story of Macbeth is that appearances can be …show more content…

Lady Macbeth wished to remove her weak, nurturing feminine side and replace it with cruel, strong and brave masculinity. She gains a false sense of security which aids her in encouraging Macbeth to murder King Duncan. Yet, by the end of the play her security is threatened, and eventually her sanity is gone, which is proven in one of her last speeches ‘come, come, come.../ What's done cannot be undone; to bed, to bed’, revealing her involvement with Duncan's murder to the Doctor. Shortly afterwards, Lady Macbeth commits

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