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Explore the ways that witchcraft is presented in ‘‘Macbeth’’ and compare the way we may wish to present it today
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Explore the ways that witchcraft is presented in ''Macbeth'' and compare the way we may wish to present it today In the play 'Macbeth' Shakespeare uses witchcraft and witches as dramatic and thematic devices. Witchcraft was considered a serious evil presence throughout Europe during the 16th and 17th Centuries, which meant that Shakespeare's original witches would have had a great effect on the original audience, and they would have feared them. Also, by using the theme of witchcraft, Shakespeare flatters James I, as it was a widely known fact that he was extremely interested in the study of demonology and had written a book on it called Demonology published in 1597. Shakespeare's witches in 'Macbeth' conform to the contemporary beliefs; this makes them even more powerful and greatly feared. They were considered to be part of the devil himself and their power was thought to be even more dominating then any human power....
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