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Describe how the witches prophecies to Macbeth arefulfilled in the final Act of
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Describe how the witches prophecies to Macbeth are fulfilled in the final Act of "Macbeth"? Macbeth is a play that was written between 1603 and 1606 by William Shakespeare. The time in which the author first penned this drama coincides with the accession of James the Sixth of Scotland to the English throne, as James the First of England in 1603. It has been suggested that this play could have been written with James in mind. (York Notes 1997) Act 1, Scene 1. The play starts with the meeting of three witches at a Heath somewhere in Scotland were they are discussing where they shall meet next and with whom. Act1, Scene 2. Around the same time a battle is taking place near the town of Forres in Scotland. Enter the King of Scotland and his two sons who approach a sergeant just returning from the battlefield. The sergeant debriefs this entourage about...
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