Powerful Women In Shakespeare's Macbeth

It has been suggested that behind every powerful man is a clever woman. It may appear in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth as though the main antagonist; Macbeth is able to critically handle any situation. That being said, without the actions of some fellow characters the play would have had a very different resolution. For instance, Lady Macbeth holds a strong ability to manipulate Macbeths decisions causing him to commit the atrocity of murder. As well, our leads paranoia during the time of his growing power makes him see those around him as a threat and is willing to turn to murder to protect his title. He especially believes the noble Macduff family to be a grave danger to him. Furthermore the three witches are able to use their wit and cleverness
Unfortunately, as seems to become pattern for him, Macbeth again creates tragedy by hiring the slaughtering of Lady Macduff and her Child. Lady Macduff in her time is married to noble man Macduff and the Thane of Fife. Her powerful relations make her a threat to Macbeth. He tells a fellow nobel “The castle of Macduff I will surprise, seize upon Fife.” (4.1.164-165) As it is believed the Macduffs are a danger Macbeth thinks attacking the family will cause Macduff himself to stand down from his attacks. He believes this because well he seeks counsel from the witches they say to him “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware the Thane of Fife!” (4.1.77-78). As his suspicions are confirmed, he knows he must do anything to protect the kinship he strived so hard for, in this case ruthlessly commanding the murder of Lady Macduff and her innocent
They are truly the cause behind Macbeth's untimely death thanks to their incredibly powerful wit. They first begin their plans by presenting to him the prophecies, as the first two present themselves to him near immediately the witches gain the trust of Macbeth. He thinks to himself “as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme - I thank you gentleman- This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill; Cannot be good: if ill, why hath it given me earnest success, commencing in a truth?” (1.3.38-43.) As we know the prophecies are real, Macbeth finds no reasons to not believe that the witches are telling him the honest fate. He knows he must return to them later for advice, unannounced to him though there is a plan in the works against him. In a gathering the leader of the witches Hecate speaks “As, by strength of their illusion, shall draw him onto his confusion: He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear his hopes ‘bove wisdom, grace, and fear:” (3.5.28-31.) Hecate has told the witches to use their power of illusion to trick Macbeth into a state of overconfidence to make him feel invincible. Still, their intelligence in how they control his thinking that ultimately allows him to commit the mistakes leading to his death. He says to an attendant upon witnessing the oncoming soldiers “Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane I cannot taint with fear.” (5.3.2-3.) He trusts so fully in the