SH+P4+Witchcraft

=Witchcraft= Aim: Justine 1) 2) the purpose of witchcraft in general is for one’s personal amusement (gratification). It was a religious/mythological spell that would harm people without even touching the person directly. It shows all the evil in the person that uses the power. People in the 14th, 15th, & 16th century practice this religion so they get defeat all the evil from their households. So they use witchcraft in Macbeth because they want to take over Macbeth to change his life.The main purpose of witchcraft in Macbeth, is to so how evil things can make you (people all around you) change for the wrong reasons. People in Macbeth only use witchcraft to get people to believe in something that may not be true, or make them believe in something that can change them as a person.

3) "The Witches' Influence on Macbeth." //Macbeth and the Witches//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. 

"Witchcraft." //Witchcraft//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. 

Audience: Deion 1.

2. Witchcraft effected the audience in a major role in the play ‘Macbeth’. The Elizabethan audience would be able to relate to the play ‘Macbeth’ quite easily as then, they believed that supernatural beings existed, such as ‘The weird sister’s (Teachers 1). The witches were also know as witches. In their time period many people were addicted to the fact that witches would try to hunt them down (Teachers 1). When the witches we be on stage performing the audience relate the relationship between good and evil. Many people in that time period thought the witches were sent by the devil. So in the story the audience would relate the witches as evil because the witches were sent by the devil. So the demeanor of the witches would make the audience think that they were evil. 3. // "How Did the Elizabethan Audience Respond to the Play Macbeth." //Get Help with Your Essay on How Did the Elizabethan Audience Respond to the Play, Download Our Examples That Have Been Marked By Teachers or Peers Now//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.//

// www.markedbyteachers.com/as-and-a-level/drama/how-did-the-elizabethan-audience-respond-to-the-play-145-macbeth-146.html>. //

//Historical:Grace// //Back in Shakespeare’s time witchcraft was a very big thing, and many people thought was true. Over nine million women died because people thought that they were witches, this was also called The Burning Time. Sometimes they had witch hunting, this was thought to be very respected. When witchcraft was practiced as a religion, most of the society did not like it. In the story of Macbeth was written the belief that the witches were very powerful things that could get great power over Macbeth. The witches play a pretty big role in the play. The reason why Shakespeare put the activity of witchcraft in the story was to show that the townspeople thought that Lady Macbeth was considered to be a witch.//

Riedel, Jennifer. //The Witches' Influence on Macbeth.// University of Victoria//.// 26 February 1966. Web. 16 Nov. 2012

//Cultural: Audra//

//In most places back then when witches “existed” many people were threatened by them and would worry what witches would do to their town. Some people thought that many of the witches could help restore their society. Rather than destroy it. Many towns people were scared and obsessed with the witches, they thought they would hunt them down. Witches had a typical stereotype, they spread diseases, curse people, and destroyed various objects. Many believed that witches were sent by the devil as a sign of evil. Many times if something went wrong people would atomically blame the witches. In Macbeth the story is discussed as good versus evil. In summary many of the witches were all evil there was no such thing as a good witch this caused fear on many of the towns people for centuries.//

"How Did the Elizabethan Audience Respond to the Play Macbeth. //Download Our Examples That Have Been Marked By Teachers or Peers Now//. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2012.