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Essay / evilmac Supernatural in Shakespeare's Macbeth - The...
The wicked witches of MacbethWitches are considered evil. Indeed, at the time, witches were considered real and evil. Shown in the play because the first scene is thunder and lightning, which are associated with terrible events and things, suggesting that witches are terrible things. They speak in rhyme and use many ambiguous terms, for example, "Right is foul and foul is right." This suggests a reversal and imbalance, which leads to chaos and disorder in Macbeth's life. This is suggested because they immediately mention Macbeth, so he is already associated with witches and considered evil. Chaos also manifests itself in the natural world through weather and natural events. Act 1, scene 3, there is thunder when the witches meet again. The idea that they are evil is reinforced because in this scene they curse a sailor. This suggests that Macbeth will also face a similar type of treatment. The mystery of the witches is increased in this scene because they know that Macbeth is coming when the third witch says to the other two: “Macbeth is coming.” This raises the question of how they knew he was coming and reinforces the connection between Macbeth and the witches, suggesting to the audience that Macbeth is evil from the beginning of the play. This connection is further strengthened when Macbeth's first sentence uses the same equivocal tone as that of the witches: "So dirty and fair a day I have not seen." Banquo is suspicious of witches and doesn't really want to believe them because he says, "They don't look like the 'dwellers of the earth,' which further adds to their mystery as they are described as unnatural." However, the suggestion that Macbeth somehow knows them is demonstrated again when he fearlessly speaks directly to them and asks "What are you?" » Nevertheless, this shows to some extent that Macbeth also considered witches to be unnatural because he inquires about what they are but he does not seem to be afraid. They then avoid this question and tell Macbeth his prophecies as if that was the goal all along. . Their prophecies raise the question of whether they knew he was already the Thane of Glamis and the next Thane of Cawdor. This adds to the mystery of the witches and provides further evidence for the suggestion that they knew Macbeth well..