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Witches Role In Macbeth Essay

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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 as well.
The first act in the play starts with these lines uttered by witches "Fair is foul and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air". While the witches do not tell Macbeth directly to kill King Duncan, they make him temped when they tell Macbeth that he is destined to be king. Macbeth is written in 1623 published 1623 in first folio. Witches create main role in the play. The play begins with the brief appearance of a trio of witches. The witches prophesy that Macbeth will be made thane of Cawdor and eventually king of Scotland. Witches also prophesy that Macbeth companion, Banquo will be getting a line of Scottish kings, although Banquo will never be king …show more content…

Macbeths is an honourable man at the beginning of the play, but high decisions lead him astray. I think he is evil in the final analysis because the witches give him a prophesy, does not mean he needs to act. He kills cruelly, sometimes when it doesn't even necessarily benefit him at that moment. While there are many plausible excuses for some of his actions, ultimately I think if you believe in evil, you would have to say that killing for power is its epitome. I think evil is kind of subjective. However, Macbeth killed his best friend (and his son) and he killed Macduff's wife and son. To me this is the evil part. Killing Duncan was horrible act, and possibly an evil one but at least he had a reason. He did not have a reason to kill Macduff's wife and

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