The Role of the Three Witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

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The Role of the Three Witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

In the play it can be seen that there are various ways in which the

three witches can be seen to influence Macbeth in different ways. In

this essay I plan to explore each and everyway this can be deduced.

When Macbeth has his first meeting with the witches it is clear that

they intend to inform Macbeth of his fortune. This is show by the way

they greet him and this is show in the text where it says,

" 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."

In this extract of text it can be deduced that the witches have

blatantly revealed important information to Macbeth, which is likely

to influence the way in which Macbeth would conduct himself. A critic

may make this deduction because as he has been told this information

he will try to understand what it actually means and everything he

does will be in spite of this information. Due to this various action

b...

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