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The significance of the witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth
Title: The significance of the witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth
Category: Literature / English
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The significance of the witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth
William Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in 1606. It was a play written for King James the I of England, who was also King James the II of Scotland. Shakespeare took the story from a book called The History of Scotland, by Raphael Holinshed, but made many changes, in the original story Banquo helped Macbeth to kill Duncan, but Shakespeare did not wish to offend the King, so in his play all the blame was placed on Macbeth. …showed first 75 words of 2352 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2352 total…the forest”, he says.
The only apparition that Macbeth could interpret was that of the Kings, so it was important that the witches showed him this last, otherwise he would not have listened to the other apparitions. He felt as thought the witches had betrayed him, and he no longer trusted them “Damn’d all who trust them”, he says after he has seen the witches. He felt as though the witches had condemned him.
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