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    Macbeth faced many influences from Lady Macbeth to the three witches. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Macbeth is loyal ambitious Scottish Nobel under king Duncan. Macbeth soon finds himself a chance at royalty that will intern destroy himself under his own tyrant powers, and his greedy ambitions. Early in the play Macbeth shows his valiant bravery for his king and his country by fighting courageously in battle. Macbeth was praised for his brutality towards there enemy “Till he unseam’d him from the

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    by Shakespeare the characters battle with a constant struggle between what is fate and what is their own free will. Macbeth, a war hero in the eyes of his own countrymen, is told two prophecies that change everything. He believed everything the three witches told him and made decisions accordingly, eventually causing his own demise in the process. Once Macbeth learns about his supposed fate, all of his decisions reflect the prophecies, had he chosen to live his life the way it was and forget the prophecies

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    supernatural components used in the play to motivate Macbeth’s actions are the witches. Macbeth meets the three witches which represent supernatural elements in the play. "By Sinel’s death I know I am thane of Glamis. But how of Cawdor? The thane of Cawdor lives, A prosperous gentleman, and to be king Stands not within the prospect of belief, No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence" (1, 3, 71-76). Here Macbeth disbelieves the witches because what they say seems to be impossible. But later in the play when

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    by William Shakespeare, the three witches play a crucial role in the play, influencing: the characters, the plot, and themes. They could be regarded as a backbone in the construct in the play as without these characters, the plot would be entirely dissimilar. During the course of ‘Macbeth’, the ‘weird sisters’ brought about a supernatural element in the play whilst swaying the characters’ actions (mainly Macbeth) and, engaging the attention of the audience. The witches’ absence would mean the absence

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    Macbeth? In the classic play by William Shakespeare, the ambitious was tempted to kill the king because of the influences around him. A major influence for Macbeth were the three witches. Another influence is his own wife. Which pushed his crooked mind furthermore to go through with the plan he already had in mind along with the witches promises. With these influences on him he handled this temptation by killing the king himself as the two told him to do. After killing the king, Macbeth went through changes

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    the character’s most responsible for Macbeth’s downfall are the three witches because they are deceptive and have supernatural powers to use for their advantage.(p. 2)The three witches are the most responsible for Macbeth's downfall. Although there are others that seem to have more of an impact on Macbeth. The three witches have more of an impact when they first started this problem by saying”All hail

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    prediction that he gets from the three witches. The three witches influence Macbeth by showing that what will his future will be. In act 1 scene 3 the three witches give Macbeth a prediction about his future by saying that “all hail Macbeth the future king of Scotland”.This quote shows that the three witches influence Macbeth by telling him that one day he be the thane of Cawdor. The prediction that they give him change his character into evilness person. The three sisters influence Macbeth by telling

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    NGUYEN STAGE 1 ENGLISH MACBETH STUDY The witches are the most powerful characters in the play and a catalyst to all of Macbeth’s crimes. Do you agree? Macbeth is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1606. Set around the 11th century, this story occurs during medieval Scotland. As such, the tragedy begins with a Scottish general named Macbeth, whom is accompanied by his best friend Banquo and the both encounter a trio of witches. These three witches prophesise that Macbeth will be named the

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    that can explain things like bad weather through Earth rotation, pressure, temperature, etcetera. So responses from today 's era towards the witches would be that of amusement through the language used, "Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog..." As time passes, humans evolve which allows a difference to appear from responses to the witches from the 16th century and now. Lady Macbeth 's role of manipulating Macbeth and encouraging him to kill Duncan invites the audience to

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    elements listed above. In Macbeth, the supernatural plays a huge part in the play. The play is more focused on the unnatural element than the natural element. The element of unnatural is shown through the three weird sister witches, the deaths that occur in the play, and Banquo's ghost. The three weird sisters present the first and the main unnatural

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