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Examine the dramatic impact and significance of the witches in Macbeth.
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Shakespeare Coursework By Liz Cartwright 10Pu "Examine the dramatic impact and significance of the witches in Macbeth." The witches, who feature in Shakespeare's Macbeth, are significant and essential to the plays' story line. Witches, around the time of Shakespeare, were seen as demons and messengers from the devil, and were burnt at the stake, as it was believed that these evil spirits urged people to commit wrong acts. Witches and evil spirits feature in several of Shakespeare's plays, but none were as evil as that of the Witches in Macbeth. The King at the time was James I, who had an interest in witchcraft, as he believed that a witch had tried to sink his ship whilst the King was at sea. He also wrote the book, "Demonology", which is where Shakespeare learnt many of the witches chants and spells for the play. The witches are very important to the play...
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