The Womans Role In Macbeth

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Term Paper Title	The Womans Role In Macbeth
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The Woman's Role In Macbeth

The Woman's Role In Macbeth

Jason M.

        William Shakespeare's, Macbeth, is a play full of betrayal and deception.
It is a story about Macbeth's desires to achieve greatness and become king.
Despite his involvement in actually committing the treasonous acts, he cannot be
held accountable.  However, if it were not for the deeds of a woman at one time
or another, Macbeth never would have involved himself with acts of treachery.
     From the opening scene, we begin to see the role that women play in
Macbeth.  The three ugly witches are gathered in a thunderstorm cackling
greedily over their evil plans. Their chant of "fair is foul, and foul is fair"
illustrates how women perform acts of ugliness and evil to achieve disorder.  In
addition, we see that women can cloud reality, thus causing deceptiveness in the
"fog and filthy air."
        In Act I, scene 3, we again see the feminine presence through the
witches. This time, however, they are casting spells on a poor sailor because
his wife cursed one of the witches and refused to give her some chestnuts.
Chances are, that if women are fighting, a man will suffer for it.  Just then,
Macbeth and Banqou see the witches and engage them in conversation.  The witches
greet Macbeth with, "Thane of Glamis" (his present title), "Thane of Cawdor"
(his soon-to-be announced title), and the prophesy that he will be "King
hereafter."  They also greet Banquo with, "lesse...

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