Was Macbeth a Victim of the Witches or did he have control over his own Destiny
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Macbeth was a victim of the witches because without the encounter with the three witches on the moor then the thought of killing Duncan would not have even crossed his mind. Macbeth was immensely influenced by the three predictions that the three weird sisters gave.
FIRST WITCH "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!"
SECOND WITCH "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!"
THIRD WITCH "All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter."
These three predictions have a dramatic impact on his actions from then on. Macbeth had some control over his destiny because he had a choice between the good and bad path and he choice the path of evil...