How does Shakespeare present the witches to us? They are presented as inhumane‚ of another species. “Imperfect speakers” suggests that because they talk in riddles they are casting spells upon the audience throughout Macbeth. Within Act 1 Scene 3 when Macbeth first encounters the witches he says “speak‚ if you can: what are you?” This line shows Macbeths confusion as he is unsure about the witch’s presence. How are Macbeth and Banquo presented comparatively? Banquo and Macbeth are positioned
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before midnight) Lennox’s speech: III.6.1-27. Macbeth’s speech: V.5.20-31 Sample Passage Analysis 1.1.1-13 The setting of this scene features the three witches‚ the Weird sisters‚ and it is thundering and lightning. The thunder and lightning contribute darkness and turmoil to the mood of the scene and reflect the ominous effect evoked by the plotting witches. As they plan when and where they will meet with Macbeth‚ they agree that it will be "when the hurly-burly’s done/ when the battle’s lost and
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nowhere‚ a thick‚ black puff of smoke appeared at the end of the long corridor and revealed three mysterious women. "Who are you?" questioned Macduff. Ignoring his question‚ the witches reveal why they are there. "We’ve come to lend you a hand in your search for the murderer of King Duncan." Macduff is weary of the strange women‚ not sure if he should trust them. "What do you know?" he asks. The three witches go on to tell him of the prophecies they told Macbeth and Banquo. "How is this suppose to
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In the story of Macbeth there is much sorrow and death. Macbeth went to war for Scotland and returned. On his return he ran into these three witches in which they told Macbeth he would be Thane of Cawdor and later the King of Scotland. After reaching Scotland the king placed him into the Thane of Cawdor. Later on the royals would celebrate the achievement of Macbeth. They all partied and possibly had a little too much to drink in the process. Everyone went to sleep and that’s when darkness arose
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present evidence to show who is more responsible. You may think right off the bat that Macbeth is the one that is the most responsible for the assassination‚ but there are many points that proves that wrong. When Macbeth is told his future by the three sisters‚ that is when the first seed was sown in his mind because he has dark murderous thoughts about killing before Lady Macbeth made plans to kill the king. Even though Lady Macbeth came up with the plan to kill Duncan‚
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1). The three witches are the catalyst of the play and they promote the theme-Fate and Free will‚ they set up the dark mysterious tone in the play. First of all‚ the witches accurately predict significant events in Macbeth’s life: they hail Macbeth as three things: Thane of Glamis‚ thane of Cowdor and “king hereafter”(pg 18)‚ which represent past‚ present‚ and future. Macbeth is already the thane of Glamis and Duncan is sending Ross and Angus to make him Thane of Cowdor at that time. In this
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Lady Macbeth is the real villain in ‘Macbeth’ • She was one of the things that persuaded Macbeth. Things were -Lady Macbeth -Apparitions/witches -Ambition • She starts of evil but in the end her conscience drives her insane -sleepwalking -suicide at the end of the text Lady Macbeth How does she behave? Assertive What does she do? Convinces Macbeth through emotional blackmail and attacks his masculinity How
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Philosophical Patterns" by Walter Clyde Curry Summary and Analysis Walter Clyde Curry discusses that the witches are demonic spirits‚ not hallucinations and that their main purpose is to bring the nature of evil into Macbeth. Curry states that the witches are just lost souls that belong to the devil‚ or perhaps even the devil himself although in the form of witches. Inevitably‚ the roles of the witches are mostly to cause tragedy and affect the entire play but also to show the good versus the evil. The
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a literary work. There were multiple uses of symbolism and imagery acknowledged from beginning to end. Three of the main appearances of symbolism and imagery seem to involve the use of the number three‚ symbols of death‚ and strange occurrences in nature. Shakespeare’s interpretation of the use of the number three is definitely not complicated to pick up. The number three is brought up
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audience react to their writing. In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare creates three of his antagonists as witches. Due to their mysterious aura to the characters and audience‚ they are able to interact in different ways and influence others. Shakespeare uses humanity’s fear of the unknown to create a lack of trust between the audience and characters and the witches and uses supernatural elements to influence the characters to make amoral
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