How are thwe witches in Macbeth described?

Answer 1

in the beginning of the play, he is pretty much controlled by his wife. later on though, they both have complete character changes as Macbeth begins to "wear the pants in the relationship". he becomes power hungry and careless. in the most famous speech in the play, Macbeth describes life as meaningless and pointless. in the end, he dies alone and hated by his once close friends.

Answer 2

The witches in Macbeth are described as mysterious and sinister. They are depicted as supernatural beings with prophetic powers who play a significant role in manipulating Macbeth's actions and decisions throughout the play. Their appearance and behavior evoke an aura of darkness and malevolence.

Answer 3

They "look not like the inhabitants of the earth and yet are on't". They should be women, but they have beards. (Probably they were played by men with beards, the boys being taken up with playing Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff). They really are "weird sisters"

They seem to have vision of the future, as they know Macbeth will be on the heath at the time they have appointed to meet. In the meantime they seem to be involved in petty meanness: killing swine for no apparent reason (it is possible, one supposes, that the witch is a pork butcher), and making miserable the husband of a woman that wouldn't give the witch chestnuts when she demanded them. The rarely-performed Act III Scene 5 makes them look even sillier: "Hark! I am call'd; my little spirit, see, sits in a foggy cloud and stays for me." says the witch boss, making her sound a bit like Titania in Midsummer Night's Dream. Fortunately most scholars believe Shakespeare did not write that scene.

So, the witches are genuine prophets, but mean-spirited and perhaps a bit silly. It is just their style to set Macbeth up with a bunch of prophecies which make him think that he is invincible when he is not.

Answer 4

In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is presented as a ambitious and ruthless woman who is able to manipulate her husband easily. Though Macbeth had already been considering killing Duncan to take the throne, it is Lady Macbeth who convinces him that it is necessary.

Lady Macbeth's perceived connection between weakness and femininity is notable. She comments multiple times that she wishes she were a man so she could perform the murders herself, and she attacks her husband for not being manly enough to make the decision himself. He eventually commits the deed to prove his own manhood. She is a very strong character, for better or for worse, and is the one to both manipulate Macbeth and console him.

However, she is also the one who is more prone to guilt. While Macbeth gets more paranoid about losing his power and therefore kills more people, Lady Macbeth cannot get over the fact that she has blood on her hands, metaphorically. She slides into madness and eventually kills herself.

Answer 5

macbeth is portrayed as a noble an honest person who kills the kings enemy Macdonalwald. The king rewards him for this by making him the Thane of Cawdor. It is not until after the witches prophecy does Macbeths evil and sinister side start to appear.

Answer 6

Well, he goes around killing people to become king. That shows his control.