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The Three Witches In Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'

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In the book Shakespeare 's Macbeth, I predicted that the 3 witches would act out the scene the same way in the film, and they did. When the witches were plotting on ways to overcome Macbeth, the back round setting was dark , grey,and it seemed like evil things were about to happen."Fair is foul and foul is fair. ' ' ' 'Hover through the fog and filthy air. ' ' This quote is ironic because the fog and filthy air represents wickedness and evil greed, and that is basically what sums up the traits of a witch. The strengths of this scene is mainly the thundering and lighting and also the witches themselves. This particular depiction presents thematic ideas by allowing the reader /audience to realize that the story of Macbeth is a little bit more

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