... from the other. Their speech is riddled with equivocation, causing Macbeth to misinterpret their meaning. Banquo who sees through the witches, says, "The instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray's in deepest consequence." The witches are the physical forms of evil ... their scenes with Hecate, scolding them but at the same time confirming what the witches intend for Macbeth. She says, "How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth/ In riddles and affairs of death; And I, the mistress of your charms/ The close contriver of ... allows the story to ...

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