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What was the witches' role in Macbeth?
Title: What was the witches' role in Macbeth?
Category: Literature / European Literature
Details: Words: 1068 | Pages: 4.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
What was the witches' role in Macbeth?
What was the witches' role in Mac Beth?
In Shakespeare's time, many people were superstitious; they believed that that their lives were strongly influenced, if not dictated by fate. They also thought that the world was full of supernatural creatures, such as witches, ghosts, and many other such beings. Shakespeare incorporated these aspects of belief in his play Mac Beth. The witches, although accurately predicting what would occur, i.e., Mac Beth would be king, …showed first 75 words of 1068 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1068 total…family. He forgets the warning to 'Beware MacDuff,' and instead, focuses on the aspects that make him feel over-confident.
In conclusion, although the witches did have the power to accurately predict significant events in MacBeth's life, the actual 'carrying out' of those prophecies was undertaken by MacBeth (and his wife). They may have attained their status without their illegal actions, but, by acting on their own prerogative, both MacBeth and his wife carry full blame
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