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How would Shakespeare's audiences have reacted to the witches?
They thought witches were real in his time, so they were a natural predictor for telling the future in his plays.
Why are the witches to blame for all the deaths in Macbeth?
Normally, people would not blame the witches. They just said things and Macbeth reacted by doing things. The witches can only be held to blame if you think that Macbeth had no choice in his actions. But if he had no choice, how come the witches do have a choice?
Would you get wet at one of Shakespeares plays?
Yes, you would get soaked.
How did people feel about witches when shakespeare was alive?
There were a lot of people who really believed in witches. However the witches in Macbeth are not to be taken seriously: they have silly songs and dances and speak in silly rhyming couplets. But they were inserted (probably by Thomas Middleton who wrote one of the songs) because that portrayal of witches was extremely popular and the audience wanted more.
What would be the reaction of the Jacobean audience when faced with the witches in Macbeth?
Although the people of that era believed in witches, the witches in Macbeth were very probably not portrayed as frightening. The very silly scenes involving songs and the headwitch Hecate (which were likely not written by Shakespeare, but were written also in the Jacobean Era) make the witches sillier than the fairies in Midsummer Night's Dream, and although these scenes are never played nowadays, there is every reason to think that this was actually how the witches were played at first. This may have been the only way to get them onstage in a time when people would have been genuinely frightened of representations of real witches.
How would Shakespeare's audiences have reacted to the witches?
They thought witches were real in his time, so they were a natural predictor for telling the future in his plays.
Why are the witches to blame for all the deaths in Macbeth?
Normally, people would not blame the witches. They just said things and Macbeth reacted by doing things. The witches can only be held to blame if you think that Macbeth had no choice in his actions. But if he had no choice, how come the witches do have a choice?
How were witches kelled in Shakespeares time?
If they were ever told their real name, they would instantly die. btw, only docotor who could figure that 1 out!
Why te stage in Shakespeares theatre was called a thrust stage?
Because the front part of the stage, the proscenium, would 'thrust' out from the stage proper and into the audience space.
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How would you have reacted if you were Ms Allen?
How would you have reacted if you were Ms. Allen? Explain why
Would you get wet at one of Shakespeares plays?
Yes, you would get soaked.
What did Shakespeare do at the beginning of a play?
Shakespeare sometimes gave a prologue to his plays, foreshadowing events that would happen in the play and such. It gave the audience a hint as to what the play would be like. The plays often started with some startling event, like the appearance of witches, or a ghost, or a fight, or a riot, which would catch the audience's attention.
How did people feel about witches when shakespeare was alive?
There were a lot of people who really believed in witches. However the witches in Macbeth are not to be taken seriously: they have silly songs and dances and speak in silly rhyming couplets. But they were inserted (probably by Thomas Middleton who wrote one of the songs) because that portrayal of witches was extremely popular and the audience wanted more.
What would people do to witches?
the would either get hung or they would burn the witches. Very painful deaths
What would be the reaction of the Jacobean audience when faced with the witches in Macbeth?
Although the people of that era believed in witches, the witches in Macbeth were very probably not portrayed as frightening. The very silly scenes involving songs and the headwitch Hecate (which were likely not written by Shakespeare, but were written also in the Jacobean Era) make the witches sillier than the fairies in Midsummer Night's Dream, and although these scenes are never played nowadays, there is every reason to think that this was actually how the witches were played at first. This may have been the only way to get them onstage in a time when people would have been genuinely frightened of representations of real witches.
Why were so many convicted witches killed?
People were scared of what witches could or would do with their power. They considered all witches evil, which was not, in fact, the case. Indeed, there were evil witches, but there were also good witches.
