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    The Role of Witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth In Macbeth the witches make a huge contribution to the play and the way it comes across to an audience. The witches portray many themes in Macbeth, such as the theme of fate, and the way that they are supposed to have the power of changing someone's fate, and the way they can control people using their power. The witches also depict a theme of pure evil, and the way they treat others in the play shows this. Religion

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    Topic: How important are the witches to Macbeth? Discuss the effects of the witches on character, plot, themes and audience. In the play of ‘Macbeth' by William Shakespeare the witches have an important effect on Macbeth, the characters, the plot, the theme and the audience. They help construct the play and without them it would have been a totally different story line. The three weird sisters influence Macbeth in his acts, they effect characters lives, orientate the plot, they are related to

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    The three witches in the tragedy Macbeth are introduced right at the beginning of the play. The scene opens with the witches chanting three prophesies: Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Glamis and King. These prophesies introduce Macbeth to his plan of defeat and to over power. Macbeth will eventually follow through in killing king Duncan. Some people believe that the witches had the ability to reverse the order of things. This brings into the play idea of fate and the role with which it

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    The Witches’ Influence Influences are constantly around us, both good and bad. A friend can influence people to make good decisions in our lives, and a TV show can influence others to listen to music people aren’t supposed to. Sometimes the power of influence isn’t realized, until a step is taken back, and the origin of the guidance is seen. A friend from grade school can put someone on the right track of making healthy decisions, but they aren’t realized until a step is taken back many years later

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    king Macbeth of Scotland, Macduff, and Duncan their origin lies in Holinshed’s Chronicles (1587), a history of England, Scotland and Ireland. The other sources that help Shakespeare put the play together, include British folktale, such contemporary treatises on witchcraft as King James VI of Scotland’s Daemonologie, Scandinavian legends of the Norns, and ancient classical myths of the Fates: the Greek Moirai and the Roman Parcae. The Three Witches or Weird Sisters in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth (1603-1607)

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    Macbeth which is set in Scotland mixes with craft, prophecy and murder. Shakes pear is a universal playwright. He wrote 37 plays 154 sonnets 2 long narrative poems. In the present play the three witches represent darkness, chaos and conflict while their role is as agents and witness. They represent treason and impending doom at the time of Shakespear witches were seen as worse than rebels, "the most notorious traitor and rebel that can be. They were not only political traitors but spiritual traitors

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    The Tragedy of Macbeth and it was a play, or you could call it a drama. They play was about giving the want of power over the saying of some simple words, in Scotland and England’s middle ages. The witches have the most influence because they install curiosity, fear, and greed into Macbeth. One of the ways that the witches can get the Macbeth’s attention is by saying these really odd things to spark his curiosity. The three witches especially

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    The witches, or weird sisters, as they are often called, play a pivotal role in Macbeth. The witches have a profound impact on Macbeth’s character; the witches spark the ambition in Macbeth, provide him with a false sense of security and are the major influencers in his downfall. The witches play a major role in the play as they awaken Macbeth’s driving ambition to become powerful. Macbeth’s false sense of security also comes from the witches because of their prophecies. Macbeth’s downfall comes

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    The witches so manipulate Macbeth to such a degree that he has no control over his fate In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Macbeth, the witches so manipulate Macbeth to such a degree that he has no control over his fate, however they only worked as a tool for his ambitions because: The witches planted evil seeds in his mind to put ideas in his mind that woke his desire to take the king's throne; the weird sisters could not directly harm him, so they controlled his mind by telling him false

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    If three witches told you your future would you believe them? Would you do anything to make that prediction came true? Well this gentleman did and his name is Macbeth. No fear shakespeare illustrated by Ken Hoshino is a mysterious, tragic story about a man named Macbeth. It all started when he was walking in the woods with his friend Banquo when they saw three witches. They told both of them about their future and what is going to happen. Macbeth is to be Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Glamis and King

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