What Was The Witches' Role In Macbeth?
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In Shakespeare's time, many people were superstitious; they believed
that that their lives were strongly influenced, if not dictated by fate. They
also thought that the world was full of supernatural creatures, such as witches,
ghosts, and many other such beings. Shakespeare incorporated these aspects of
belief in his play Mac Beth. The witches, although accurately predicting what
would occur, i.e., Mac Beth would be king, they did not specify how their
prophecies would be realized.
The witches did possess some sort of power (unless they were privy to
some politica ....
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