In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Macbeth is motivated to commit his evil acts by three forces. For example, the witches in the play give him the first idea that he will be king. also, his own power starts to take over later in the play. Lastly, Lady Macbeth pushed and provoked him constantly to commit these crimes. So even though Macbeth committed these acts, there was more influence then just his ideas.

The three witches in the play are a pretty big influence on Macbeth. For example, the witches tell him that he will be the Thane of Cawdor and it comes true proving the witches right of their double sided lies. “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!”. . Also, They tell him none of woman born can kill him, making him feel unstoppable. “The power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.” . In the end they basically start Macbeth’s evil crimes.

Secondly, it’s his own want to become king. One way he proves this is killing his friend Banquo because he wants to keep the throne and the witches said Banquo’s sons would be kings. Towards the end he starts to murder innocent women and children. This ends up to cost Macbeth his life due to his power and his carelessness of killing.

Lastly, Lady Macbeth is a huge factor in Macbeth’s evil acts. For example, she is the one who really starts him off to killing. She pushes him for her want of being queen. “And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full…"In addition to this she constantly questions his manhood making him feel like a women if he doesn’t commit this act.

In conclusion, Macbeth did have three other forces that motivated him to commit his evil acts and bring a whole lot of chaos . The three forces where the witches double sided truths of him being king and starting it all , his own need to be king and Lady Macbeth’s constant pushing and well thought of plans all added to his