Is lady macbeth the 4th witch?
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Shakespeare Coursework - Could Lady Macbeth be the Fourth Witch? Lady Macbeth plays a great role in the conspiracy against the king, pulling the strings of her puppet, Macbeth. Lady Macbeth's craving ambition to be queen helps her to achieve immense power. Due this obsession for power there is confusion in whether lady Macbeth is a witch or a mere mortal. Many people are in favour that she is a witch as she carries all the qualities of a witch: no regard for morality, deceitful, malicious, she even shows sign of mystical powers. But are these sufficient enough to accuse her of being a witch, we shall find out. In Act one Scene five, Lady Macbeth first appears on stage, reading a letter, this shows she is well educated, educated enough to know the difference between right and wrong. This is highly unusual because many women in the 17th century weren't...

