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    witches in macbeth

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    something or someone that makes the story interesting‚ and plays some significant part. In the case of Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ this role is played by the witches. Without them‚ Macbeth would have been quite a boring play. Although they are fun characters‚ the witches do fill in the plot line‚ and help the story to progress. As mentioned above‚ the witches help to move the plot along‚ for without them‚ macbeth would never have become the monster he did. Before Macbeth even met the wierd sisters‚ they

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    themselves as Witches. Witches must be used with the capital W. The capital W is meant to distance them from the word ’s negative connotacions. It is often ignorantly mistaken that Wiccans or Witches worship Satan‚ but Wiccans neither worship Satan nor practice the sort of the malicious magic traditionally associated with witches. Witches‚ who do nothing but wholeheartedly strive to become one with the earth in the name of God and Goddesses‚ are given a bad reputation by witches who do the exact

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    Ronil V. Matuguina August 16‚ 2010 Reaction Paper #2 IE Theme: Forever witches is a story that depicts “selfishness” This simply shows that the main character in the story “Maring was actually a selfish person. This was proved in the part of the story where Mating uses voodoo doll on Julio‚ to make him love her madly. Maring wants to be the only woman Julio will ever look though Julio was tortured. Maring didn’t think about Julio‚ she loves only herself‚ because she didn’t

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    PROJECT IN ENGLISH SUBMITTED BY : ARVIN B. DE ANDRES SUBMITTED TO: MS. LORAINE BELARO COMMON NAME: RED MAPLE SCIENTIFIC NAME: RUBRUM COMMON NAME: GRAND FIR SCIENTIFIC NAME: GRANDIS COMMON NAME: INDIAN RICE GASSES SCIENTIFIC NAME:     hymenoides  COMMON NAME: HEART LEAF ARNICA SCIENTIFIC NAME:  cordifolia COMMON NAME: MUSK THISTLE SCIENTIFIC NAME: NUTANS COMMON NAME: GREEN RABBIT BRUSH SCIENTIFIC NAME: VISCIDIFLORUS COMMON NAME: YELLOW

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    Real Witches of the Renaissance In the land of Oz‚ someone could be a good witch or a bad witch‚ but there was a different belief throughout the 15th‚ 16th‚ and 17th century. These centuries make up the time period called the Renaissance. This era is known for many things: art‚ the Bubonic Plague‚ Castles‚ Elizabeth I‚ and witches. The concept of witches developed and evolved. People during the Renaissance era had a great fear of witches and magic. Many factors contributed to the origins of the

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    Elizabethian Era Witches

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    Elizabethan Belief in Witches During the Elizabethan era people blamed unexplainable events as the work of witches. There were frequent outbreaks of the deadly Black Death (Bubonic Plague) for which there was no cure. The fear and anger about this terrible disease had to be directed at someone - witches were the obvious target. When people died from terrible diseases‚ when animals died‚ when there was a bad harvest‚ or when houses were burnt down in fires - someone had to be blamed - witches were the obvious

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    Witches have been around for many centuries. Premodern texts primarily claimed that witches were female who work with the devil to bring about harm. Although there are some modern texts that argue against the stereotype‚ many follow the same reasoning of female witches. The show Supernatural is a modern example of this ideology. Two brothers‚ Sam and Dean Winchester travel all around the country to fight evil spirits. During one of their trips‚ they come across some witchcraft. This leads them to

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    THE WITCHES MACBETH The witches known as the “weird sisters” in Macbeth are present in only four scenes in the play. But Macbeth’s fascination with them motivates much of the play’s action. The witches First appear with thunder and lightning give us the atmosphere of the play. Shakespeare used a number of devices to create a sense of otherness and malevolence for the Macbeth witches. For example: The Macbeth witches speak in rhyming couplets which distinguishes them from all other characters in

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    The Witches’ Way SShakespeare use which looking at metaphors and character reactions represents innocence and the natural—to demonstrate the corruption‚ and ultimately defeat‚ of the natural by the supernatural. Macbeth believes sleep is innocent. Later in the play the conquering of sleep establishes the theme of the supernatural over the natural. With this theme in mind‚ it is possible to make sense of a seemingly random story added by the witches. In the end‚ the witches conquer the natural

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    Witches in Macbeth To what extent are the witches in the tragedy Macbeth responsible for Macbeth’s actions? The Three witches in the tragedy Macbeth are introduced right at the beginning of the play. They recount to Macbeth three prophesies. That Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor‚ Thane of Glams and King. These prophesies introduce Macbeth to ideas of greatness. Macbeth will eventually follow through on killing king Duncan. It was sometimes thought that the witches had the ability to

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