'...My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man that function Is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is But what is not.' (1.3.140-143). Throughout Shakespeare's play, we see that Macbeth is the victim of evil seduction by women. In the above quote the evil is perpetrated by the witches. Lady Macbeth also plays a strong role in his moral corruption. '... the influence of Lady Macbeth (though she …showed first 75 words of 767 total…

…showed last 75 words of 767 total…Lady Macbeth, and allow us to accept her true character, Shakespeare uses the image of the witches to help us transfer our feelings of the evil witches to Lady Macbeth. This crafty maneuver allows the audience to accept Lady Macbeth's development into the classic evil woman. We see that like Adam who succumbed to Eve's urging, Macbeth falls into the same trap. His actions were controlled by his wife, and this led to their downfall.