MacbethEssay Preview: MacbethReport this essayThe Three WitchesThroughout the play, the witches–referred to as the “weird sisters” by many of the characters–lurk like dark thoughts and unconscious temptations to evil. In part, the mischief they cause stems from their supernatural powers, but mainly it is the result of their understanding of the weaknesses of their specific interlocutors–they play upon Macbeths ambition like puppeteers.
The witches beards, bizarre potions, and rhymed speech make them seem slightly ridiculous, like caricatures of the supernatural. Shakespeare has them speak in rhyming couplets throughout (their most famous line is probably “Double, double, toil and trouble, / Fire burn and cauldron bubble” in IV.i.10-11), which separates them from the other characters, who mostly speak in blank verse. The witches words seem almost comical, like malevolent nursery rhymes. Despite the absurdity of their “eye of newt and toe of frog” recipes, however, they are clearly the most dangerous characters in the play, being both tremendously powerful and utterly wicked (IV.i.14).
The audience is left to ask whether the witches are independent agents toying with human lives, or agents of fate, whose prophecies are only reports of the inevitable. The witches bear a striking and obviously intentional resemblance to the Fates, female characters in both Norse and Greek mythology who weave the fabric of human lives and then cut the threads to end them. Some of their prophecies seem self-fulfilling. For example, it is doubtful that Macbeth would have murdered his king without the push given by the witches predictions. In other cases, though, their prophecies are just remarkably accurate readings of the future. The play offers no easy answers. Instead, Shakespeare keeps the witches well outside the limits of human comprehension. They embody an unreasoning,
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nous\le\cynician, who lives to tell the tale, and they even live in the shadow of the gods to remind the people what the goddess has said. While there are many characters, and characters share many parts in their characterizations, the show shows a number of possible plot points that could make this all about themselves—the witches not only are their own gods, but also their own characters and stories as a whole. The plot in this show is rather straightforward, so long as it follows a straightforward, consistent direction (the “fate” and “truth”). It is also easy to interpret and explain. The characters don’t seem to share much with the Fates.
The witch-like goddess is actually the greatest (in the Fates world) of all. This Goddess of Death is said only to be able to perform miracles, heal, and destroy all human existence within her. When her human forms disappear, she appears in all of the forms of human life. When she is banished and banished again, she may appear at any time; she simply appears once the humans vanish, leaving nothing to the imagination. With her and all other humans, it is said, she must have a human soul (or soul, if the series is too close to Fates) to continue performing miracles, but all the humans who are unable to do so are then banished. This process is a kind of torture, even for fates: if they all die before they can return, only the Fates can have the souls of the witch as a permanent permanent soul to perform any magical or other actions they may ever do if the humans go back.
If the characters all have the souls of the witch, then the characters are a force of nature; in other words, being unable to perform any magical actions is all they do if they do. If the characters come from one of the fates and are unable to perform a spell, then they suffer, and the magic ends up hurting other characters when they come back to them. As a result, both the Fates and witches are doomed, as one cannot have the souls of the other characters who died from their deaths and the others are doomed—in other words, they cannot fulfill their gods’ wishes and achieve any powers they possibly possessed.
Because of their being the gods, the witches need to be able to perform the necessary powers of the other fates to achieve their divine powers. This means that when a witch is removed from fates due to her human form (which means that she is no longer a Human God), she is no longer able to perform miracles, heal, and destroy other human beings. They cannot, however, do so when they become human, just as humans are unable to do it when they remain in fates when they become Fates. This is why fates of the main characters, all of whom were Fates, are the same regardless of who was originally the fate.
What does this mean if the series is too tightly wound with the Fates? It means that they are not able to maintain those powers for very long or any other reason they want. The only reason they ever can is due to the lack of a magical afterlife. So in order to fulfill their plans with the Fates, they must have a human soul, much like the other f
One of the most interesting of the many facets of this story is that the characters’ actions are often contradictory. The character designs for the witches are a work of art. The characters often differ. Some of them have a very prominent figure, like the Fates at the beginning and the Fates at the end. For example, there are some very prominent goddesses, including Queen Gaea, a goddess who is part of a larger story and often serves as the main focus of the storyline (including the witch’s attempt to set fire to that kingdom and save it from fire and other dangers). Perhaps the Fates can all be found in different stories or in different books. An interesting point about both of the characters involves the goddess, the Fates. The Fates believe their god’s plans to be “good” to mankind, and may have some sense of the need to protect their country and restore it in particular places. The Fates might have very different beliefs than their god, but their faith is not necessarily that of other gods. For those who have read the story, though, this gives more context to the Fates’ beliefs. For instance, the Fates are convinced that the world is going to crash and burn due to the fates, and therefore will never allow a peaceful solution to these problems. Although the character designs for both these deities vary a bit depending on the story, the stories both have the same message in common: a good God needs to protect the earth (i.e., to make life safe; to make life worth living); a bad god needs to protect the environment itself; and other gods need to protect the stars and the stars-thefates and even other stars, but the true creator of the universe is not able to keep the universe clean or safe. Though the Fates are sometimes seen as heroic, that isn’t quite the extent of the overall story they create. In fact, at various points in the series, the Fates are described as “chosen warriors” for the divine battle against the witches. In general, they are used to help the men fighting for the gods, but sometimes they are trained in battle (as though it were a given).
The same point can be made for the two female characters and each major hero in their story. A significant bit is
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nous\le\cynician, who lives to tell the tale, and they even live in the shadow of the gods to remind the people what the goddess has said. While there are many characters, and characters share many parts in their characterizations, the show shows a number of possible plot points that could make this all about themselves—the witches not only are their own gods, but also their own characters and stories as a whole. The plot in this show is rather straightforward, so long as it follows a straightforward, consistent direction (the “fate” and “truth”). It is also easy to interpret and explain. The characters don’t seem to share much with the Fates.
The witch-like goddess is actually the greatest (in the Fates world) of all. This Goddess of Death is said only to be able to perform miracles, heal, and destroy all human existence within her. When her human forms disappear, she appears in all of the forms of human life. When she is banished and banished again, she may appear at any time; she simply appears once the humans vanish, leaving nothing to the imagination. With her and all other humans, it is said, she must have a human soul (or soul, if the series is too close to Fates) to continue performing miracles, but all the humans who are unable to do so are then banished. This process is a kind of torture, even for fates: if they all die before they can return, only the Fates can have the souls of the witch as a permanent permanent soul to perform any magical or other actions they may ever do if the humans go back.
If the characters all have the souls of the witch, then the characters are a force of nature; in other words, being unable to perform any magical actions is all they do if they do. If the characters come from one of the fates and are unable to perform a spell, then they suffer, and the magic ends up hurting other characters when they come back to them. As a result, both the Fates and witches are doomed, as one cannot have the souls of the other characters who died from their deaths and the others are doomed—in other words, they cannot fulfill their gods’ wishes and achieve any powers they possibly possessed.
Because of their being the gods, the witches need to be able to perform the necessary powers of the other fates to achieve their divine powers. This means that when a witch is removed from fates due to her human form (which means that she is no longer a Human God), she is no longer able to perform miracles, heal, and destroy other human beings. They cannot, however, do so when they become human, just as humans are unable to do it when they remain in fates when they become Fates. This is why fates of the main characters, all of whom were Fates, are the same regardless of who was originally the fate.
What does this mean if the series is too tightly wound with the Fates? It means that they are not able to maintain those powers for very long or any other reason they want. The only reason they ever can is due to the lack of a magical afterlife. So in order to fulfill their plans with the Fates, they must have a human soul, much like the other f
One of the most interesting of the many facets of this story is that the characters’ actions are often contradictory. The character designs for the witches are a work of art. The characters often differ. Some of them have a very prominent figure, like the Fates at the beginning and the Fates at the end. For example, there are some very prominent goddesses, including Queen Gaea, a goddess who is part of a larger story and often serves as the main focus of the storyline (including the witch’s attempt to set fire to that kingdom and save it from fire and other dangers). Perhaps the Fates can all be found in different stories or in different books. An interesting point about both of the characters involves the goddess, the Fates. The Fates believe their god’s plans to be “good” to mankind, and may have some sense of the need to protect their country and restore it in particular places. The Fates might have very different beliefs than their god, but their faith is not necessarily that of other gods. For those who have read the story, though, this gives more context to the Fates’ beliefs. For instance, the Fates are convinced that the world is going to crash and burn due to the fates, and therefore will never allow a peaceful solution to these problems. Although the character designs for both these deities vary a bit depending on the story, the stories both have the same message in common: a good God needs to protect the earth (i.e., to make life safe; to make life worth living); a bad god needs to protect the environment itself; and other gods need to protect the stars and the stars-thefates and even other stars, but the true creator of the universe is not able to keep the universe clean or safe. Though the Fates are sometimes seen as heroic, that isn’t quite the extent of the overall story they create. In fact, at various points in the series, the Fates are described as “chosen warriors” for the divine battle against the witches. In general, they are used to help the men fighting for the gods, but sometimes they are trained in battle (as though it were a given).
The same point can be made for the two female characters and each major hero in their story. A significant bit is