role of witches in macbeth

Macbeth Final Paper Origins, Interpretation, and Roles of the Weird Sisters in Macbeth Often the role of the Weird Sisters in Shakespeare's Macbeth is overlooked by Shakespearean scholars. Macbeth is obviously a violent play about the downfall of man. However, its connections to the world of the supernatural are often disregarded. It is the only Shakespearean drama, in which witchcraft, black magic, and the supernatural do not merely play an important part, but provide the …

…true witches or merely characters that serve to set the mood of the play and provide a link to the supernatural, the fact they play an important part in the development of the plot cannot be contradicted. In the words of Anthony Lawless (from which most of the information has been obtained), "The form that they take is irrelevant in light of the role they play as Macbeth's deepest and darkest thoughts in physical form."