There is no doubt that the predictions and appearances of witches in William Shakespeare's tragedy, "Macbeth", not only play an important role - in fact, At first glance, the witches determine the development of the plot. There are three apparitions that the witches use to trick Macbeth and drive the plot. However, the meaning of prophecies in tragedy is much more serious than it seems at first glance with the writer's work. But before proceeding with the analysis and prediction of their impact on the course of events, it is worth paying attention to the images of the witches, who predict that Macbeth will become king. In this tragedy by Shakespeare, everything is very dramatic and mysterious. At the beginning, the witches discuss when they will see each other again and decide to meet again. (Act I, scene I, lines 3-4) “When the hustle and bustle is over, when the battle is lost and won. » And all three witches return to their supernatural affairs. (Act I, scene I, line 12) "The righteous is foul and the foul is fair" Macbeth and Banquo, commanders of the army of the Scottish king Duncan, they met three witches in the fog amidst thunder and lightning . . The images of the witches are fantastic, they look neither like a woman nor a man. They did the usual witchy stuff: one killed a pig; another made a poor sailor's life miserable. They were going to help him by depriving him of sleep. (Act I, Scene III, Line 2,4 page 13 and Line 19) “Killing a pig”, “A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap”, I'll drain it dry as good as pie. .” When the witches hearing Macbeth approach, the witches dance in a circle. (Act I, Scene III, Line 31, 32) “A drum, a drum! Macbeth comes. » The copyright tragedy gives witches the attributes that medieval legends need to depict them as evil. For the... middle of paper ... how illusory the predictions were since they predicted his safety. But in the end, stuck like a hunted animal in his own castle, he was captured by Macduff with an advancing army carrying trees from Birnam Wood. But then repentance is foreign to Macbeth: all that remains of it before – is bravery, however, it is not a warrior of noble valor fighting for a just cause, and despair has lost the mired soul in pride and anger. Even before his death, he remembers not God or his crimes, but the misleading predictions on which he relied too much. Macbeth curses (Act V, Scene VIII, Line 3) “And these juggling devils are believed no more,” and their prophecy twisted. Now that he knows he is not invulnerable, he no longer wants to fight Macduff but he also does not want to give in. Since he has to choose one, he decides to continue fighting, until Macdaff kills him..