Every tale ever told leaves the reader with something to be taken away as a lesson. Macbeth is no exception to this. In the play deceit is used as a lesson for the reader, and the numerous amounts of deceit seem to be never ending. Perhaps the most ominous of these deceitful characters however is the witches. The witches are other worldly figures, who use chicanery to their aid, and enjoy watching the pain and suffering of mere mortals. The physical looks, language, and conduct that the witches perform emphasize the meaning of the work that appearance and reality are not always intertwined.
When the witches first arrive, they seem to appear out of nowhere already creating a tone of suspicion and trickery. They are described as “not
When the witches first arrive, they seem to appear out of nowhere already creating a tone of suspicion and trickery. They are described as “not