The Three Witches In Macbeth

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With their raspy voices, dull skin, odorous dark clothes, creepy long noses, and long black hair; witches are generally an evil person portraying their self as a normal human being. Many people tend not to interact with witches due to the perception that they are pure evil. In all open scenes for The Tragedy of Macbeth written by Shakespeare they showed the creepiness of the three witches. The reading symbolizes the usual ideal of witches. While the scenes all symbolize the different types of witches. Shakespeare play The Tragedy of Macbeth described three witches in many dissimilar ways using abnormal settings, loathsome clothing, while doing eerie spells.

In the reading of Macbeth, the scene open with a stormy foggy day. Setting the mood …show more content…

The three witches dressed in a ragged dress. They had very long nails and long hair. The three witches were performing the spell by burying an arm in the dirt. To seal the spell the begin to all spit in the dirt. Although the scene showed an unusual way for witches to do a spell the next scene was even weirder.

The open scene in the 2006 film adaptation of Macbeth by Geoffrey Wright started off in a graveyard. It was relatively dark and gloomy. The three witches dressed like school girls. They wore a school uniform and they had reddish hair with a tan complexion. During the spell the sky started getting darker. The mood became even darker. For the spell the girls started destroying the tombstones in the graveyard. Even though this scene was evidence that witches come in all different ways just like the next scene.

As unusual all these scenes may have been the last opening scene in the 2010 film adaptation of Macbeth by Rupert Goold was far most the worst one. This open scene took place in a hospital filled with patients. The doctors begin to panic because a patient was starting to die. The three witches dressed as nurses. The mood begins to dark and moody while the witches begin to do their spell. Instead of the saving the men the witches stabbed him in his heart killing him. However, this scene may have been the worst way to show the witches it still

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