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How do the initial scenes with the witches set the atmosphere of ‘Macbeth’?
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How do the initial scenes with the witches set the atmosphere of 'Macbeth'? Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare in about 1600 but Shakespeare has set this play even earlier - about 1050. This play was written just after the gunpowder plot by Guy Fawkes which had the scheme revealed in 1605. This was a group of Catholics, who tried to blow up the houses of Parliament and not only this, they were going to kill the king at that time James the 1st. In Shakespeare's time most people alleged that witches could do all sorts of things. King James the 1st had his boat nearly drowned which he thought a storm was raised to drown him. He instantly knew that this dreadful work was held by witches so he decided to pass a law through the parliament about anyone being a witch should be executed. In this case when Macbeth...
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