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Macbeth Coursework 'With detailed reference to the text (Act 1 scenes 1-3) analyse the dramatic significance and the effect of the opening of the play' Macbeth was written in the 1600s by William Shakespeare. It was one of his tragedies. A tragedy is a play that ends in death and the good guy wins over the evil one. I am going to be analysing the dramatic significance and the effect of the opening of the play with detailed reference to the text. Macbeth is about the fall of a good man and his greed for power. The play begins with three witches on a deserted heath in foul weather. Witches were greatly feared in Shakespearian times as people actually thought that they were real and could really harm you. People believed that they could make peoples health deteriorate instantly by using spells and potions and that they could kill people at a...

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