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    Witchcraft. Witches are generally feared and are misunderstood. The witchcraft is always treated as a dark world. But it is not true in every case. Generally‚ witches and witchcraft spells are of three types: Black spell‚ White spell‚ and Gray Spell. As the name sounds‚ Black spells are casted for black witchery and always have bad intentions to harm other people. The White spells are used by White witches and are generally intent ended to help other people. Gray spells are casted by the Gray witches‚ also

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    King James and his misconception of witches and their true nature. Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ written as praise and honor of King James or so most people thought. In all reality‚ Shakespeare used his play to show people the injustice of innocent women being slaughtered because of the King’s obsession over witches. The character Macbeth is a representation of the

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    goodreads.com/author/show/4860176.Criss_Jami). With this quote he explains that‚ oftentimes‚ truthfulness can be more misleading than dishonesty. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a play about ambition and greed. After hearing prophesies from three witches that he will be king‚ Macbeth becomes a power hungry killer who annihilates anyone standing in his way. The women in Macbeth’s life are deceptive and give him a false sense of hope and security which he uses as fuel for his selfish plans. The misleading

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    turned on him when he had gotten brainwashed by the three witches and persuaded by Lady Macbeth which caused Macbeth to commit many criminal acts. The criminal acts Macbeth committed was murdering King Duncan‚ hiring two murderers to kill Banquo‚ Fleance and Macduffs family. Thus making Macbeth a victim in my opinion. Macbeth is returning from killing Macdonwald in battle. While on route going back to King Duncan he runs into the three witches which predict Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor

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    1. The witches plan to meet upon the hill and prophesize Macbeth’s future and their intent is to cause harm. 2. King Duncan decides to give Macbeth Cawdor’s land/title as a reward for saving the nation. 3. The Witches name Macbeth Thane of Glamis and Cawdor‚ then King later on. The witches tell Banquo that he will be greater but not as great as Macbeth‚ he will be happier but not as happy as Macbeth and Banquo’s descendants will be kings and queens but he himself will not gain royalty 4. Lady Macbeth

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    Philosophical Patterns" by Walter Clyde Curry Summary and Analysis Walter Clyde Curry discusses that the witches are demonic spirits‚ not hallucinations and that their main purpose is to bring the nature of evil into Macbeth. Curry states that the witches are just lost souls that belong to the devil‚ or perhaps even the devil himself although in the form of witches. Inevitably‚ the roles of the witches are mostly to cause tragedy and affect the entire play but also to show the good versus the evil. The

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    tendencies can be seen at the beginning of the play. Over the course of time‚ Lady Macbeth changes adequately from the lust of power to more of an anguished person. The consolidation of the fatal influence by the witches and Lady Macbeth on Macbeth is what mustered for a disaster. The three witches and their dark powers represent the supernatural forces. Lady Macbeth acts as Macbeth’s external force and pushes him towards the bloody

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    Supernatural in Macbeth The witches in Macbeth are portrayed as being supernatural‚ but are they really creatures that exist or are they a figment of Macbeth’s imagination? Lady Macbeth is the original influence in Macbeth. She wants power and wealth and the only way to gain that is to become queen. Macbeth‚ listening to his wife’s wishes‚ knows what he must do‚ but how will he betray those closest to him? Along with the demand from his wife‚ Macbeth’s mind creates the witches to influence himself while

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    nature‚ which then led him to breaking all moral boundaries. The theme of ambition in Macbeth can be best explained by analyzing the witches‚ Lady Macbeth and Macbeth himself. The witches controlled Macbeth in ways that seemed innocent because they never mentally or physically convinced Macbeth to murder anyone throughout the play. Macbeth is first introduced by the witches with three titles: Thane of Glamis‚ which Macbeth is aware of; Thane of Cawdor‚ which is true and King‚ which is not yet true.

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    Banquo‚ ecounter the witches. These witches have a very strange apperance "That look not like th’ inhabitants o’ th’ Earth And yet are on ’t?—Live you? Or are you aught That man may question? You should be women‚ And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so." (1.3.42-44;47-49). These witches tell Macbeth that he will gain the title Thane of Cawdor and that he is destinted to become King‚ due to this prediction Macbeth begins to think of ways to make the witches predictions come true

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