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The Witches In Shakespeare's Macbeth

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I chose to reduce the novel to the witches and their immense control over Macbeth and the overall plot, by creating a painting of the witches holding Macbeth, to emphasize how potent the witches are in Macbeth’s life and the crucial role they have established in the novel.
I chose to illustrate the sorceresses power over Macbeth and the overall narrative, by painting the three witches and paper macheing one of the witches hands, holding Macbeth, to express how the witches had Macbeth in the palm of their hand. The painting depicts the three witches standing around in the woods, seemingly conversing about Macbeth, with the witch farthest to the left extending her open hand exposing a small figurine of a king. The king figurine is a representation …show more content…

The Weird sisters continued to persuade Macbeth 's actions by lulling him into a false sense of security and loss of caution, resulting in his defeat when Macduff, Malcolm, and the English army attacked. Macbeth had once been a strong and courageous captain, but due to the sisters maneuvering of situations, Macbeth becomes a weak, cautionless tyrant. The prophecy states that, “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill” (4.1.105-106). Macbeth is not supposed to be defeated until the woods moved to the hill and as trees cannot walk, Macbeth’s ego enlarges, due to the irrationality of the prophecy, allowing for him to become reasonably reassured of his position. Whereas earlier, Macbeth would have prepared his armies for attack, he becomes careless and has no fear of the war. The supernatural know how Macbeth would meet his end, but purposely do not warn him. Through their numerous prophecies, the witches created an evil tyrant from the once brave captain. The witches hold the responsibility for motivating Macbeth, the victim to their manipulation and misleading. Macbeth’s complete blind faith in the witches and the witches ability to continue having the same level of impact throughout the novel, allowed for me to create interesting artwork with different elements connecting each individual

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The Three Witches purposely try to tempt Macbeth by giving him information about his future such as “All hail, Macbeth, who will be king in the future” but purposely not answering any questions. This manipulation of Macbeth represents the dangers of servitude as Macbeth becomes blindly obedient to their predictions and starts to act upon them without considering the moral implications of his actions. The witches’ predictions are presented as something to be followed blindly because no explanations are given, and Macbeth becomes a servant to their words, becoming increasingly ruthless and violent in his pursuit of power. The Witches being the ones to give the prophecy that would lead to the downfall of Macbeth is no accident. Witches at the time were considered supernatural and evil.

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