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How does the inclusion of witches in Macbeth heighten the dramatic impact of the play? The inclusion of the witches in Macbeth makes the play a lot more dramatic. They make the audience sit up and take notice. People weren't used to seeing witches in plays when Macbeth was first performed. Even now days witches don't appear in films a great deal. Also people in Shakespeare's time had very strong religious beliefs that witches were real and that witches were pure evil. In the 1600s many people were thought to be witches. They were killed for many reasons, some just had a black cat or wore black clothes. Some had broomsticks and some were convicted for just being female. These days audiences have a greater scientific knowledge and can separate fiction from fact. The first reason that the witches increase the dramatic impact, is the historical and cultural context. In medieval Europe...

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