Macbeth | The Witches in Macbeth

In another essay on the witches, R. Moore focuses on the confusion as to their reality. Discusses their appearance before several of the main characters, and concludes that their role in the play fits into a theme of the overturning of the natural order.

Throughout Macbeth there exists confusion as to what is real and what imaginary, and, for the most part, it is Macbeth himself who is confronted with these confusions. The question of whether or not the witches are real must be examined in relation to them.

The Weird Sisters always appear in thunder and either vanish mysteriously or are swallowed up in a mist. They play a prophetic role, and, at the beginning of the play, inform the audience that they are to meet with Macbeth. From the beginning, then, their existence outside of the imaginings of any of the other...

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