The Witches - character profile
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- Created on: 04-12-17 20:48
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- The Witches - Character Profile
- The Witches have supernatural powers
- They speak short lines that rhyme and this sets them apart from other characters. Lines like "eye of a newt" make them seem evil and gruesome
- The witches can see the future and all their predictions eventually become true. They get joy out of causing trouble and pain
- Banquo is not sure about the witches and whether they are real or not, he says "are ye fantastical or that indeed"
- The three witches are also know as the "weird sisters". They look like ugly women with beards, suggesting they are unnatural and evil
- They are evil, but they do not tell Macbeth to murder Duncan
- The witches do not tell Macbeth to murder Duncan but they do predict he will be king, which pushes him to kill Duncan
- They make prophecies but they never explain how they will happen. In this way they take advantage of Macbeth's weakness
- The witches confuse Macbeth using paradoxes - for example, telling him that Banquo will be "lesser than Macbeth, and greater"
- The witches are usually accompanied by "thunder and lightening" this makes the atmosphere dark and frightening
- The witches are:
- Strange: "so withered and so wild
- evil: "instruments of darkness"
- ambiguous: "this is supernatural soliciting"
- The Witches have supernatural powers
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