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Macbeth Coursework In this essay, I am going to look at and explore the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth. I will look at the way they are presented in each of their four scenes; how audiences might react to them and the part they play in his downfall. The witches don't appear much in the play but bring about the idea of both evil and ambition. In Act 1 Scene 1 the mood is set. We first hear of the witches and the play begins with thunder and lightning. The witches are waiting for Macbeth, which suggests they are there for a purpose. The gives a creepy feeling and also the evil and supernatural emerge. In superstitious times it was believed that fierce storms released forces of evil and were omens of unrest. The witches immediately establish this and also make it very clear that they are going to meet...

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