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What Is the dramatic impact of Act 1 Scenes 1 and 3 of Macbeth, and how do these scenes relate to the play as a whole
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What Is the dramatic impact of Act 1 Scenes 1 and 3 of Macbeth, and how do these scenes relate to the play as a whole Macbeth is a supernatural play, and to people in Elizabethan times this play would have been very frightening. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I the public were increasingly preoccupied with witchcraft. Contemporary audiences would not believe in witchcraft or the supernatural. In both of the scenes I am studying there are three witches and in scene 3 Macbeth is introduced to them so he is now to be associated with the witches from the beginning. Act1 Scene 1 is started in an open place with thunder and lightning (in Elizabethan times it was believed that fierce storms released forces of evil, and were omens of unrest in individual people and whole countries). The witches start by saying "when shall we meet again, Thunder, lightning or rain?"...
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