Not only do the weird sisters use it to wreak havoc among the Scottish nobility, but many people throughout the play try to tempt fate. ... To the weird sisters, fate is not something to be overly concerned with. However, their superior, Hecate, obviously thinks that it was important enough to discipline the weird sisters verbally for abusing it. To the weird sisters, fate, and for that matter it seems, time, is merely as water and bread are to Macbeth: they exist and can be altered. ...

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The weird sisters' evil forces and power affected Macbeth's moral downfall by giving him reason to kill, which eventually killed him. ... The evil forces that the weird sisters, who were witches, possessed, put Macbeth's mind in another direction. ... The weird sisters warned Macbeth of this in the three apparitions but he continued living his life without realizing that they were speaking of him. The weird sisters affected Macbeth in the worst way. ...

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The first seen in Act 1 is outside in the thunder and lightening with the weird sisters. ... The weird sisters told Macbeth that he should beware Macduff, that he is safe until Birnan Wood comes to Dunsinane, and that no man born of women can harm Macbeth. ...

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These three evil witches, who were also known as "the weird sisters", played a pivotal role in the play. ... It makes the audience think and in the case of the weird sisters, it is a source of entertainment. ...

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After a battle against the Norwegian invaders he and Banquo come across 3 weird sisters who tell Macbeth that he is to be Thane of Cawdor and King hereafter. ... Macbeth is proclaimed Thane of Cawdor minutes after the weird sisters disappear. ... We know that Banquo is tempted by the witches" prediction because he admits to Macbeth "I dreamt last night of the weird sisters. ...

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The influence of Lady Macbeth, the Weird Sisters, and even Macbeth himself lead to his downfall. ... At the beginning of the play, the Weird Sisters are preparing to meet with Macbeth, and the important imagery of "Fair is foul, and foul is fair," is first introduced. ... Macbeth does this in an attempt to establish his own line on the throne, in stead of Banquo's, which was prophesied my the Weird Sisters. ... As was the Weird Sisters plan, Macbeths overconfidence, due to the prophesies, begin to fail him. ...

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The art of foreseeing the future and predicting ones fate is a gift the Weird Sisters have. ... "These Weird Sisters saluted [Macbeth] and referred [him] to the coming on of time with "Hail, King that shalt be""(1.5.8-9). ... Like the Weird Sisters, Lady Macbeth places images inside of Macbeth's head showing him what his life will be like when he is King. ... But she was there, at the right time, just the right time, to reinforce the prophecy of the Weird Sisters and send him on his journey of self-destruction, to his doomed fate. ...

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As put by the Weird Sisters in the initial scene of the initial act of the play, what is "fair is foul" and what is "foul is fair," thus instituting the play's series of contrasts. ... This is a reference to the Weird Sisters, who cut up the truth to make it similar to the truth, yet different. Three is an important number in this play; there are the three Weird Sisters, three murderers, three traitors and three sinners as mentioned here. ... The Weird Sisters" plan is to make Macbeth secure about his future, "And you all know security / Is mortals" chiefest enemy" (III.5.32-III.5.33)...

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These actions are influenced by his wife, Lady Macbeth, and the three weird sisters. ... Such influential characters range from Lady Macbeth, and the three weird sisters. ... The weird sisters do not play as a physical force on the actions of Macbeth, but as a mental force. ...

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He is the Thane of Glamis and is very well respected by many people, but weird things start to happen. ... It started of with thunder and lightning and the three witches they were called the weird sisters. ... I think this is a bit weird because it is what you would probably her at the end of the conversation, but no they have to be awkward and say it at the start. ...

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In the beginning of the play with the three weird sisters the first idea introduced is their meeting with Macbeth "when the battles lost and won... Banquo, another victim of Macbeth's ambition connects the "unnatural events" to what the "weird sisters promised." ...

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In the play Macbeth, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have both shared and opposing characteristics. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both share a similar trait, the trait of evil intentions. A conniving trait festered by the three weird sisters. When Macbeth utters, " the greatest is behind . (309...

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His ambition rised and he believed that some truth might be hidden in the weird sisters' words. ... In addition, when Banquo had asked the weird sisters what would happen to him in the future they answered with the words: "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater', "Not so happy, yet much happier', "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. ... At this point of the play, Macbeth had become so heartless and ruthless that even the weird sisters characterized him as wicked. ...

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"... a very definition of the weird sisters - calling on them to unsex her to cram her with cruelty from top to toe..." ... Even after the deed is done, Lady Macbeth greets her husband and "... her greeting recalls the weird sisters." ...

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Macbeth At times, women can have a great deal of influence over men, using language and emotions to control their thoughts and actions. Lady Macbeth, wife to the protagonist in Shakespeare's Macbeth, manipulates her indecisive husband into slaying the Scottish king. Lady Macbeth is responsibl...

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Victor Hugo wrote a criticism on Macbeth nearly 150 years ago, and in this book he thought that Macbeth was moulded and sculpted by the witches into a purely evil being, who completely destroys and murders everything in his path. Some mentioned examples of Macbeth's behavior are found in instances s...

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The introduction of the play starts with the prophecies of the three weird sisters, who have a mysterious foreshadowing of the future for Macbeth. ... Before this speech the three weird sisters tell Macbeth that Banquo's sons will reign after him if he does not do something drastic about the situation. ...

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One of the three weird sisters metaphorically mentions why she will punish a sailor on a ship because his wife wouldn't give her any chestnuts. ... Macbeth had already had doubts about Macduff jeopardizing his position, but had to be reassured by the three weird sisters. ...

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Banquo knows how ambitious Macbeth is and ends up suspecting that he murdered Kind Duncan: "Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promis"d; and, I fear, Thou play"dst most foully for't" When Macbeth becomes king he realises that the witches prophecies about Banquo might also come true: When they first put the name of king on me, and bade speak to; then prophet- like, They"d hailed him father to a line of kings, Upon my head they"d placed a fruitless crown. ...

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A room in the castle, Banquo states he recognizes Macbeth's wrong doings, "Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promised; and, I fear, thou playedst most foully for't," (3.1.1-3). ...

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Theme of Macbeth The presence of supernatural forces in William Shakespeare's, "Macbeth," provides for much of the play's dramatic tension and the mounting suspense. Several supernatural apparitions throughout the play profoundly affect Macbeth and the evil forces eventually claim Macbeth and destr...

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Betrayal, secrets and cold blooded murder are all things that can be found in Shakespeare's theatrical masterpiece, "Macbeth." This is a well-known tragedy of a man so driven by greed that he would kill not only the King, but also his good friend. It is easy to see that it was Macbeth who killed Kin...

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Lady Macbeth is first introduced to us in Act 1 Scene 5. This is when she receives a letter from Macbeth. The first image I get of her and I noticed it in the film was evil powerful and ambitious. I decided this due to she call's evil sprits upon her self so she can kill the king and become Queen. T...

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In literature, many types of literary elements such as mood, setting, irony, symbolism, and theme are used to convey the author's ideas and visions. Symbolism in novels is used to display a hidden meaning to things that some might not notice right off the bat. One such play that uses the li...

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At first Macbeth shows some disbelief, but soon King Duncan makes Macbeth the Thane of Cowdor and Macbeth suddenly sees that the witches or "weird sisters" as they are sometimes called were telling the truth, and that it was in his future to become King. ...

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