Question

During Shakespeare's time, audiences would have held the witches responsible for which events in Macbeth

Answer 1

on apex Strange or unnatural events

Answer 2

  They use cunning forms of temptation when they say Macbeth is destined to be king of Scotland and show him their foretelling visions/apparitions (Shakespeare I, iii, 1–75). Consequently, by placing these initial ideas in his mind, the Witches essentially put him on the path to his own ruin.