Macbeth Act 4 scene 1

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                Macbeth Act 4 scene 1

When Macbeth enters he speaks to the witches as if he knows them well and is quite friendly with them. He also talks as if he is of higher power then them, as if they were under his power and as intended that they should obey his every demand, he shows all of this in rude speech to the witches calling them ‘midnight hags’.

   You can see Macbeth is desperate for this information that will tell him his future. Macbeth goes about this information in a demanding way rather than a grovelling way, he will stop at nothing even if he has to get the information from the devil himself!

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   I think that Macbeth soon realises that he should be humble when the apparition came, the higher power. He doesn’t talk in the same rude tone, he says thank you and is rather humble, I think he is rather scared as well. But as the information is delivered Macbeth’s confidence grows as the apparitions tell him what he wants to hear and what he thinks will never happen. One apparition says that ‘no man born of a woman’ would harm Macbeth, and Macbeth clearly thinks that every man is born of a woman. Another of the apparitions told him ...

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