2007-03-12 03:53:17 · 8 answers · asked by bex_xoxo 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Unnatural hags - whose appearance mirrors the evil but intriguing power they represent. They feed a man's lust for power and his ambition by pretending to forsee future events, but in reality they do no more than present to a strong man the possibilities that lie within himself if only he will break with right order in nature (cf the strange events of the night of the king's murder) and break the trust placed in him from above and below.
Macbeth is repelled by their appearance - for it the appearance of evil - but attracted to their words for they say the things a man like him would like to hear. Now, if only he can learn to close his eyes to the things which are an abomination to the eye and incline his ear to what he hopes will be said... even proclaimed... If only he can learn to shut out the natural voice within himself and hear the words from outside, outside himself and outside of nature, then what has captured his imagination may come to pass.
2007-03-12 04:16:34 · answer #1 · answered by palaver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Underlying foreboding thoughts of Macbeth himself.
2007-03-13 11:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the Bard described them "Weird women/sisters" "Secret, black and midnight hags"
They are agents of evil, seeking the utter destruction of human beings.
However, they cannot kill or interfere with free will, vide the sailor's boat "though his bark cannot be lost, yet it shall be tempest tos't" Similarly, they do not force Macbeth to commit murder, nor do they explicitly suggest it to him, they give him just enough information to ensure that he seals his own doom.
2007-03-12 08:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by scattycat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to Greek mythology and check out the Three Fates...Clothos etc..one would measure length..one would cut..one would spin the weave..going backwards here..but a source..suit youself..All ideas are patterns of possibilities..I know they scared me on the stage at that stage of my life.
2007-03-12 04:10:38 · answer #4 · answered by kit walker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Foreboding, introducing conflict, playing with definitions and turning them into paradoxes
2007-03-12 03:57:22 · answer #5 · answered by scrabblemaven 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
3 wart covered peices of bubbleing trouble.
2007-03-12 04:00:31 · answer #6 · answered by goesonyahooanswerswhenbored 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not as well as Shakespear did!
2007-03-12 04:01:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-12 04:00:31 · answer #8 · answered by werrt t 1 · 0⤊ 9⤋