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Discuss the importance of the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth.  

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Discuss the importance of the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth Introduction I am going to be discussing the importance of the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth by focusing on three main scenes> The prologue> Act 1 Scene 3> Act 4 Scene 1 These are the main parts of the play where to witches appear I am going to leave out act 3 scene 5 although it includes the witches it is not recognized as part of Shakespeare's work And Polanski has also left it out of his production There is some very historical importance about the witches The fact that in the time this play was being written people where being accused of being witches and where being burned for it so people would have been very scared and aware of witches and there evil powers they would have been very intimidating. Now day's witches are seen as a fun thing to dress up...

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