Macbeth: Witches, Fate, Ye o

Ne?
! ! !
Witches In Act I Scene I Lines 1-14
When shall we
three meet again
Upon the heath
There to meet with
Macbeth (I.i.1-8)
Witches plan on
meeting Macbeth.
Conspiring to put the
plan into Macbeths
head.

Witches in Act I Scene III Lines 98-179
I myself have all the other,
And the very ports they blow,
All the quarters that they know
I' th' shipmans card.
Ill drain him dry as hay.
Sleep shall neither night nor day
Hang upon his penthouse lid.
He shall live a man forbid.
Weary sev'nnights nine times
nine
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine.

The Witch is going to ruin the
life of the sailor, cursing him,
making him live in agony and
despair.
The witches are sadistic and
enjoy watching others suffer in
pain.
Evidence
Shakespeare carefully
avoids portraying a Macbeth
helplessly caught in the
grip of irresistible
demonic forces; the
Weird Sisters' malice is
evident in all their
traffickings with him, yet
nowhere are we shown
invincible proof of their
power over him
Macbeth had the evil
inside of him but he
would not have acted
upon it unless they would
have encouraged it.
They are not all powerful
like fate or destiny.
They are agents of
disaster
Various Portrayals of the Witches
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26g
Pay Attention To:
Dialogue
Appearance
Actions
Intermission: What doth thou
thinketh?
Ye?
Group 1
Ne?
Group 2
Conclusion
The witches lack the
invincibility
characteristics that fate
and destiny share.
Macbeth would not
have undergone the
quest if it had not been
for the witches

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