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flamecia
flamecia
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High School - 9th Grade

About the witches in "Macbeth":

I'm curious about the following: roles, atmosphere, setting, spells, powers, language, nature, riddles, and the plot.

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Posted by flamecia on Saturday January 17, 2009 at 5:36 AM and tagged with atmosphere, language, macbeth, nature, plot, powers, riddles, role, setting, spells, witches.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

    eNotes Editor

    The witches play a complex and varied role in this tragedy. A common debate has been if they caused Macbeth's fate, if they simply could see the future, or if their predictions caused Macbeth to act in ways that led him to act to cause his own fate. (I favor the last position. It's really that complicated!) They show up only a few times in the play, and are markedly unnatural. Their language shows how different they are from normal people. Each time they appear, it's a pivotal point in the plot.

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    http://www.enotes.com/macbeth/three-witches-weird-sisters...

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    Posted by gbeatty on Thursday January 22, 2009 at 5:09 PM