Nothing's Changed

... Macbeth Coursework Essay Macbeth may actually stab Duncan but in you opinion is he solely responsible for the murder or are there other factors involved? The play opens with the three witches on stage, meeting upon the Heath to cause trouble. This sets a supernatural atmosphere because people in those days always thought of witches as a sign on danger and when they saw a witch they automatically thought of them as horrid and nasty. At the beginning, the first witch chants, "When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightening, or in rain." The witches speak in rhyme because they are not human. It's as though they are chanting a spell. The audience would react to this as if they are scared and might think that the rhymes are actual spells. We first hear of Macbeth from the witches. "There to meet with Macbeth." This suggests that the witches have met

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