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Macbeth: The Weird Sisters


In Elizabethan times, witches were a natural part of life. Macbeth
witnessed this, as seen in the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. The evil
forces that the weird sisters, who were witches, possessed, put Macbeth's mind
in another direction. This direction was the beginning of his moral downfall
and the destruction of his destiny. 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.
Without the weird sisters, Macbeth would have lived a very different
life. It is unknown whether it would have been better or worse. The weird
sisters affected Macbeth in the worst way. They tempted him by addressing him
as Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Glamis and future king, without ordering him to do
anything to obtain these positions.

All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
All hail, Macbeth! that......

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