The Witches
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- Created on: 04-05-19 12:20
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- The Witches (Macbeth)
- Lady Macbeth is sometimes seen as the fourth witch
- "come you spirits that tend on mortal thought"
- She is aware of a darker power and calls on this to fill her with the strength she needs to be involved with the murder
- She plants seeds in Macbeth's mind in a similar way that the witches do
- She often speaks in rhyming couplets
- this could simply represent how they influence the events or could represent her being a witch
- "come you spirits that tend on mortal thought"
- They're presented as caricatures
- this contrasts with how they are presented as pure evil, emphasising how terrifying they are
- They strike a similar resemblance with the Fates from Greek mythology, which makes them seem even more scary as the Fates had a huge amount of power
- "Instruments of darkness to tell us truths to win us harm"
- "Instruments"- makes them seem like a tool, they are the catalyst for certain events, and set Macbeth on his path
- Banquo recognises that they are not good
- "Darkness"- shows they are pure evil and shouldn't be trusted
- Debate about their role in fate
- Some of their prophecies seem to cause things to happen
- Other prophecies tell of inevitable events
- This would confuse the reader and the audience
- This confusion gives the idea that these things are beyond human comprehension and that we are insignificant
- Lady Macbeth is sometimes seen as the fourth witch
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