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    The three weird sisters play a big role in Macbeth they are the main reason for all of the caiuas that has happened. Their impact on Macbeth leads to a tragic downfall and a ironic climax. The three witches cause mischiefs and are the most dangerous characters in the play. They are very convincing, but only a foul like Macbeth would fall for their prophesies. Their prophecies foreshadow future events, Which lead to Macbeth's unfortunate destiny. Macbeth started out as a faithful man until three witches came upon him with their equivocation and told him the first prophesy which lead him to his first murder for the throne. Furtheron, the Witches brought him into false sense and continued to believe them because he was anxious…

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    written and performed in 1606. Throughout the play a few of the main characters consist of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, The Three Witches, and Macduff. In the beginning of the play, the audience is forced to think that Macbeth is this good guy. Well, technically he was a good guy, a good guy that just needed a small push into the dark. The Three Witches persuade and deceive Macbeth into doing the morally wrong: murder. Once Macbeth starts, he does not stop. Sure, the Three Witches do not flat out tell…

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    In Shakespeare’s well-known play Macbeth, the minor characters The Three Witches otherwise known as the three weird sisters, prey on Macbeth’s ambition to be king. They do so by pushing their supernatural power and understanding of others weakness to explain their prophecy and watch it unfold. It is often argued if the witches inherent wickedness caused Macbeth 's downward spiral, or did they just spoil him with his future reign and his underlying tendencies causes his eventual death? The…

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    In the tragic play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, the Three Witches are fully responsible for the downfall of Macbeth. The Witches set out to destroy him and make his life miserable. They do this for absolutely no reason other than for their own enjoyment. This shows the evilness of the witches and how they have no conscience or anything to stop them from doing horrible things, which ultimately turns Macbeth from a strong and respected man to a monstrous and feared one. The witches…

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    Macbeth Essay Macbeth is influenced by the Three Witches and Lady Macbeth, but he is fully responsible for his actions. At the beginning of the play he is a honest war hero and has respect for the king and at the end of the play he has killed the king, friends and anyone who might get in the way of him being king. Once Lady Macbeth read Macbeth’s letter, she felt that murdering Duncan would be the only way Macbeth could achieve his desire of being king. Trying to convince Macbeth to murder…

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    Without the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth would have never gotten any of these negative ideas in his head. In this play it is implied that without the witches, this play wouldn't happen. As stated by Shakespeare, "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! / All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth that shalt be king hereafter!" (1.3.49-51). The quotation tells Macbeth that he will be king, but there is more to come come out of the witches.…

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    In the play of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, it presents women as powerful characters through the behavior and actions of the three witches, Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff. The three witches are emphasizes the image of evil nature to the audience’s perspective. In act 1 scene 1 and act 1 scene 3, it says the witches enters in thunder and lighting. Also, in act 4 scene 1 in a desolate place near forres, the witches were still set to be entered in the thunder. “A desolate place” ; “Thunder…

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    development of the plot and the witches’ new prophecy drove Macbeth to take more reckless and unwise decisions due to the fact that it gave him a false sense of invincibility. I partially based my project off of Henry Fuseli's The Three Witches, who painted the piece in 1783. The three witches, in my project, are throwing Macbeth’s crown into a cauldron of blood. The three apparitions of the armed head, the bloody child, and the crowned child holding a tree loom above the witches. I included a…

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    rate monitor introduces three nurses surrounding three dead bodies in a morgue - nurses being an obvious contrast to the setting; it is unnatural, just as the three disguised witches are. Ominous music begins as the witches chant an eerie spell, brewing a poisonous potion. In the film, Macbeth, directed by Rupert Goold, and in the play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, act 4, scene 1, is a reflection of the first scene where Macbeth and Banquo encounter the Weird Sisters. Once again, the witches…

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    In the first act of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth encounters three witches who predict Macbeth’s future. The witches predict that Macbeth will soon become the King of Scotland and the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth, and the witches both play a large role in Macbeth’s developing desire to become king. If Macbeth had not encountered the witches, Macbeth would never have taken the steps necessary to become king himself. When the Macbeth first meets the…

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