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Shakespeare - "Macbeth" Why Are The Witches Important in Shakespeare's play Macbeth ?
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G.C.S.E English Coursework Shakespeare: "Macbeth" Why Are The Witches Important in Shakespeare's play "Macbeth"? Between the years of 1560 and 1603 there was a fascination with witches and witchcraft. The people of Europe blamed everything that they could not explain, including milk going sour, on witches. Witch-hunts were taking place all over the continent and the world. The King of Britain, at that time, James I believed that witches were plotting against him, he often interrogated witches who were under trial for witchcraft. The interrogation commonly involved torturing. The King felt it was crucial to caution people about witches and witchcraft; hence in 1597 he published "Demonology". He immediately ordered the printing of the manuscript when he became the King of England in 1603. The playwright, Shakespeare uses an impressive dramatic device in the play, the audience came and saw the play as it was about a great hero, and...
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