... on the weather. They could trigger fogs and tempests. In the very first scene of the play the witches enter along with "Thunder and Lightning." The words of the first witch indicate that the witches can create any type of weather they want; "When shall we three meet again ... if he is controlled by evil spirits rather than by his own conscious mind. Macbeth goes crazy after seeing Banquo's ghost and cries; "Avaunt and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with." ... actually becam...

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Throughout literature, themes are exposed in many works through the characters, images or recurring ideas within a same book. An important matter in everyday life, evil is an abstraction often associated with darkness, cold, savagery, and death. In Macbeth ... Firstly, the witches always meet during a storm: "When shall we three meet again,/ In thunder, lightning or in rain?" (I.i.1-2). Also, when, in act four, scene one, whenever one of the apparitions comes, there is thunder. As aforementioned, the weather holds great importance on the foreshadowing of evil in this particular play. ... Macb...

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• Grade Level: High School