Sec+4+-+Macbeth+(Mrs+Ng+Mui+Eng)

=Macbeth : The Witches= **Instructions:** 1) Read the following scenes – Act 1sc I; Act 1 scii; Act 4 sc i – during which the Witches appear.

2) Those who think that they need help may refer to the Questions to Think About for each respective scene.


 * Questions to think About**





3) Work in groups to analyse the issue below and brainstorm, discuss the relevant points pertaining to the question below.


 * Discuss the Role of the Witches in Macbeth.**

Consider :

=Part II= ||
 * Think back over the scenes in which the Sisters appear. What status do they have? By what name do we call them? Are they only known as “the Witches’’? What other nomenclature has been used on them? Is there any significance to that?
 * Does the play derive any advantages from the uncertainty and mystery of the Sisters?
 * Are the sisters merely dangers? Are they also powers? How so?
 * Is Macbeth essentially a good and noble warrior led astray by his wife and the Witches or is he an essentially corrupt and evil man prepared to sacrifice everything to satisfy is own ambition?
 * Are the Witches meant to represent external evil (i.e. Satan’s servants setting out to damn souls) or do they symbolize the evil within all of us?
 * Are the Witches too melodramatic to carry any dramatic effect?