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What is the role of the witches and what extent are responsible for Macbeth's Tragic End.
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What is the role of the witches and what extent are responsible for Macbeth's Tragic End I they days when Macbeth was made there was great deal of fear of witches because they were linked to things like bad crops, bad weather and anything that was considered evil. Therefore it caused a lot of controversy for the reason that they thought witches were real due to their lack of knowledge. When the play was produced in the 17th century it was as popular as anything today but Shakespeare created it with an intentional political background which would have not been included if it was in today's market. The message Shakespeare tried to portray in Macbeth was more of an attack of the self-righteousness of king James 1. This sub-textual message was meant to illustrate the fact that the king of his time was, as Macbeth, paranoid and unable to prevent...
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