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    Enter Three Witches‚ written by Caroline B. Cooney‚ was written based off of the famous story Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare. In the story there were many different cases that caused the storyline to be poor. There were poor choices in the way the author tried to tie the story with Macbeth by using Acts and Scenes from the story‚ the author hardly used any sophisticated words to enhance the writing in the story‚ and it’s difficult to find the climax in the story if there even is one.

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    Shakespeare has employed the witches merely as plot devices rather than as characters and to enhance the extent of the supernatural within the play. However‚ apart from the consideration of the eponymous character of Macbeth‚ it may be viewed that the witches are the most prominent of the characters within the play‚ and that they have considerable significance over the actions within the plot. Their significance is evident from the very beginning‚ as the “three witches” introduce the audience to the

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    three evil witches that what him to do the wrong thing. The witches tell him to kill people just so he can have the throne and become king. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ the three witches play a huge role in the story by influencing Macbeth to kill in order to be king‚ by only coming out durning certain parts of the play dealing with some sort of tragedy‚ and how they can control Macbeth. My first point is the three witches only come out during certain parts of the play. The witches come out during

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    different influences of the witches on Macbeth and Banquo. In the play ’Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare‚ the witches play an important role and influence 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 affect Macbeth’s acts and characters’ lives and orientate the plot. They are related to most of the themes and appeal the audience’s attention.  The witches have a strong effect

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    William Shakespeare‚ The tragedy of Macbeth‚ the witches represent a dark evil to Macbeth making him overconfident. The three witches are known from the beginning that they represent the dark side of human nature. They choose Macbeth to torment and lead in the wrong path. Macbeth thinks they are helping him towards Kingsmanship and is fooled by his over confidence. The witches control Macbeth’s fate into a more dangerous side of things. The witches represent the evil side of things from the beginning

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    The Witches in Macbeth Shakespeare’s Macbeth introduces an element of fantasy within the tragedy through the characters of the witches. The witches exert a significant role in the play‚ functioning as fore-tellers of Macbeth’s fate. Far from serving as a distraction‚ the witches focus the darker and more sinister aspects of Macbeth’s character. Although Macbeth only encounters the witches twice‚ the play’s thematic design acknowledges the importance of the witches’ supernatural presence and suggests

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    1) How are important are the witches in the play? You could include discussion of: The witches’ predictions How other characters react to hearing the predictions The type of atmosphere created by the witches The first set of characters that affect Macbeth and begin the chain of the play are the three Weird Sisters. In the first scene they intend to go and meet Macbeth‚ There to meet with Macbeth (Act 1 Scene 1 line 8) which implies that the witches don’t just happen to meet him. They organise

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    Duncan. Unfortunately‚ Macbeth became compromised with the help of a few people. The events that unfold in this tragedy would not have taken place without the Three Witches as well as Lady Macbeth. These people slowly drove Macbeth to do unspeakable things. The Witches play an important role in Macbeth’s downfall. In fact‚ the witches start the entire tragedy just by telling Macbeth what his future holds. At the beginning of the story Macbeth meets with the bearded women and they say‚ “All hail Macbeth…

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    powers were believed to be true. Shakespeare expresses this during the play Macbeth. The witches are shown to have supernatural powers in multiple acts throughout the play‚ each time influencing characters. The witches influence most of the actions in Macbeth. Although Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to kill King Duncan‚ Macbeth had the idea planted in his head by the witches. When Macbeth first meets the witches‚ they tell him that he will be king. He responds by giving a soliloquy. " If good‚ why

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    Macbeth’s reaction towards the witches was that he was startled by them at first‚ but also curious to know more about their prophecy. He was intrigued to know more about their evil predictions‚ like him becoming the thane of Cawdor and his children becoming kings even though he will not be one. He wanted the witches to explain these strange predictions “ ..Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence‚ or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting. ?”  After learning

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