...Frightening Witches Yes, Halloween is fast coming. Soon those broom riding ladies with the pointed hats will be filling the skies. They are the most lasting symbols of this time through the years. Always considered ugly or evil they have always been feared. The main things which symbolize witches are broomsticks, cauldrons, and black cats. One of the witches which has always given me goose bumps is the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic “The Wizard of Oz”. I still can picture Dorothy and her friends going through that spooky forest as those flying monkeys filled the air. Dorothy getting locked up and the horrid green face of the witch screaming,”I’ll get you and your little dog too.” She gave me many a bad dream. Does she still scare...
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...Danny Nguyen Professor Barloon English 1342 28 April 2013 The Will of the Witches In the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, the element of sorcery play many roles such as dealing tragedy, and often stirring up the truth in the physical form of the witches. The three witches that Macbeth stumbles upon were man-like by appearance and offered very difficult discernment for both Macbeth and Banquo to tell whether they were woman or not. Like their appearance, their roles offered the same discernment. Although some critics offer that point that the witches have nothing to do with the play, it can be argued that the weird sisters in fact take control of the outcome of the fates of many. The setting of the play is like the netherworld setting, which is known by the rule of uncertainty. The only thing set in stone was evil, hence the weird sisters. With that being said, the role of the weird sisters was to create an uncertainty, to open up the doors to an unknown realm, and to cause the scattering of ideas. This is seen throughout the play such as when the witches plant a seed into Macbeth’s head to cause him to think, and to act differently, which ultimately causes the exposure of his true character. The first role that the witches play is made obvious when they deliberately acknowledge Macbeth as not only the Thane of Glamis, but also the Thane of Cawdor and all hailing King. This, most likely being the most important event in the poem due to its initiation of the actual...
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...Being accused as a witch in seventeenth century English colonialism was seen as a serious matte r. The people during this time period believed that the devil was able to lurk around the streets waiting to take his next victim. Women were seen as the more vulnerable gender, thus more likely to be swayed by the devil and tempt men into many sinning and wrongdoings. Since these accusations were taken so seriously, they were punishable by death. In order to make sure that no one was getting falsely accused, there was a deposition that took place between the accused and the accuser. This rarely happened in other villages, but in Salem, Massachusetts, it was occurring regularly. According to the Puritans, a witch was a person who made a pact with the devil in order to gain supernatural powers. The powers they believed were obtained were mostly things that happened in their colony that could not be easily explained. For example, stillborn babies were seen as a result of a woman using witchcraft. Salem was praised upon for its religiousness; therefore, many believed that the devil was going to prey on the godly in their colony. These settlers were constantly worried about being taken by the devil and suffering an eternal damnation. There are a couple of different versions of how the Salem Witch Trails began, each version involving girls and their ability to be taken over by the devil and do his work. Ultimately, these girls were seen as possessed and were eventually arrested. This...
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...The Witches of Shakespeare's Macbeth are seen playing with the lives of others, therefore, the best place for their world to take place is a Potions and Fortune telling stand. The Witches find immense enjoyment in telling Macbeth and Banquo of what can become of their futures. It can be interpreted that the three speak to the men of what is to happen in full understanding that one of the will will go overboard with the knowledge and cause a horrific outcome. The Witches world takes place in a little booth covered with dark cloth over a low table with rugs to sit on. Outside the door flap would be people wandering around looking for something interesting to do now. Every now and then someone would pull back the dark but oddly inviting curtain and walk in. This is, to some extent, what Banquo and Macbeth had been doing, after all they had just finished fighting in a war and “wandered” into the Witches. Fortune tellers and potion masters, in the world of carnivals, are considered to be some of the more “curious” carnies. People always seem to be fascinated by them and either always want to see what will come of their lives so they can feel better or want to see what the “crazy old hags” have to say. With all the skeptics and the believers most professes deal with, the witches must have known that there was a possibility of something would be rolled out of proportion once the words have been...
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...Resensi Novel— Judul Buku : Ratu Penyihir Judul Asli : The Witches Penulis : Roald Dahl Penerjemah : Diniarty Pandia Penerbit : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama Ilustrasi : Quentin Blake Cetakan kedua : Juni 2002 Tebal Buku : 240 Halaman; 20 cm Kategori : Dongeng Tahun 1983 - SINOPSIS “Aku akan memberitahumu cara mengenali penyihir.” Ini bukan dongeng. Buku ini tentang para PENYIHIR SUNGGUHAN. Mereka adalah makhluk-makhluk jahat, licik, dan kejam yang jago menyamar sebagai wanita baik-baik. Jadi bagaimana kau tahu bahwa wanita ang ada di hadapanmu—entah itu gurumu, tetanggamu atau bahkan ibumu!—penyihir atau bukan? Yah, kalau belum ahu, sebaiknya kau segera membaca buku ini, karena penyihir sangat membenci anak-anak dan menggunakan segala cara untuk menyingkirkan mereka. TOKOH DAN PENOKOHAN 1. Aku(unnamed) : Sifat tokoh: selalu ingin tau, cerdik. Kutipan: -Halaman 29, bait ke-2 ‘nenekku bercerita tentang penyihir, “para penyihir selalu mengenakan sarung tangan, biarpun di dalam rumah. Mereka melepasnya hany kalau mau tidur.” “kok kau bisa mengetahui semua ini, grandmamma?” tanyaku penasaran.’ -Halaman 226, bait ke-1 ‘lalu senyum lebar muncul di wajahnya dan beliau berteriak, “luar biasa! Betul-betul luar biasa!” “masukkan enak kucing ke dalam kastil,” teriakku, “maka dalam lima menit mereka akan membunuh semua tikus di tempat itu,” lanjutku. “kau memang jenius!” nenekku berseru.’ 2. Grandmamma(unnamed) : Sifat tokoh: berpendirian keras, santai, suka...
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...Combat is initiated when you encounter a creature. At the start of combat you choose which character or familiar you want to send out into battle. You will have free movement around the battlefield and you can choose which of the actions you want to take, be it Attack, Defend, or Spells. All HP is linked from the character to the familiar, so any damage incurred on Oliver will also be apparent with the familiar, and MP is shared in the same way. The main difference between a character and a familiar is that familiars have a stamina gauge so they can't be out on the battlefield forever. While not in battle though, the familiars will recover their stamina and can thus be resummoned to fight. In addition choosing your actions, you can also cancel them. Often times it is beneficial to Defend! to avoid damage but you don't need to stay in that position. Simply cancel and you are back to attacking, likewise if you are attacking and need to defend you can cancel the attack sequence and switch to defending. After progressing a little bit through the game you'll acquire a party and you can change their battle tactics. You will also be able to control the party loosely with the All-Out Attack or All-Out Defense. You can cancel your enemies attacks if you hit them enough while they are charging a Trick or if you time your attack to land just before their's does. This results in a Chance! during boss fights and is useful in producing glims. Green glims heal and blue...
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...In William Shakespeare's Macbeth the witches play an important role throughout the play. Although it may seem that their part is small, without them there would simply be no theme and storyline in this play. The witches provide readers with a theme, foreshadowing, overall mood and also the evolution of Macbeth’s character which are all crucial in the play. The witches believe that, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” (I.I.XII), stating that what may seem normal or ordinary on the outside may not be the same on the inside. This quote is repeated throughout Macbeth and presents itself as a major theme in the play. It shows that what seems normal or ordinary on the outside may not be the same on the inside. The prophecies that the witches tell Macbeth...
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...is so strong that even the person making the decision can’t make up their mind. For example in the story Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the main character Macbeth, is highly influenced by three Witches and his wife to do terrible and unforgettable deeds. Therefore the three Witches, Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth all share blame for the mysterious tragedies that are afflicted on various characters. “Double, double toil and and trouble,” the three Witches cackled as they persuaded and foreshadowed Macbeth’s future empire and mistakes. As of this quote this is the first time that the Witches have appeared and told Macbeth about various actions and foreshadowed prophecies. The three Witches state, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!/ All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!/ All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!” (Act I, sc 3...
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...you are not familiar with the term foreshadowing, it is an advanced sign or warning of what is most likely to occur in the future. Whereas, at the very beginning of Macbeth, there was a fair warning between the three witches and Macbeth. Another example of foreshadowing in this work was when Banquo had his final breath in Macbeth’s tower in act III, scene 4-6. Yet, for some strange reason, his death later turned to be a mythical ghost. Anyways, some of this foretelling signs of their future is very interesting. In act I, scene III, the three witches meet with Macbeth during of a thunderstorm to predict his future. The evil, murderous, destructive witches stated, "When the battle's lost and won" and "Fair is foul, and foul is fair," are greatly important. This is one of their riddles implying that life frequently introduces a confused picture of events in which a truth from a lie is difficult to come by after war conflicts. Anyways, they greeted Macbeth with the prophecy that Macbeth will later be hailed King of Scotland. How this all happened was because once King Duncan died, the community was all wondering who was to be named King next. Banquo was going to attempt to become king, but he also died which led up to how Macbeth became King of Scotland. The witches’ prophecies...
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...be made is if the benefits outweigh the costs. The play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, and the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding have many things in common, especially the use of how fear does not actually force certain decisions to be made. Although many people will contend that the beast and the witches in Lord of the Flies and Macbeth caused the irrational decisions to be made, in reality it was Macbeth and the children on the island that made their...
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...It is destined for me to become king. However, if I take matters into my own hands rather than just letting events play out as they will), and that disrupts fate's system. it was fated that I would kill Duncan and that's what the witches were predicting when they said I’ll become king. Who on earth dislikes power, pelf and fame. Seeds of these aspirations enters into our physic and grow bigger and bigger. When it the ripe time, we all act for fruit. There, inside of me existed the seeds of aspirations embedded in my heart. As soon as the witches predicted (my long-life-desires) those grew up and finally longed intensely for fruit. I couldn’t but work it out my way. If I had left it to natural circumstances I am a man accused of being an ambitious man, one who plotted to murder his own cousin, so that he could lay claim to the title of the crown. I didn’t deny I murdered the deceased. This fact is not disputed. I wasn’t of sound mind when I committed this act. In fact, I was the victim in this...
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...The seed of darkness that the witches planted in him started to grow slowly. No! He wasn’t going to let anything intervene with fate. Hence he had to make sure the witches’ predictions will come true, though only what he want it to come true. Macbeth had his ear sweetened by the witches. The prophecy of him becoming the thane of Cawdor and king sounded very good for him and his wife’s aspirations. He had to believe them since he did become the thane of Cawdor. Unfortunately, his fall starts when he contemplates killing Duncan, the King. Macbeth starts an inner fight between wrong and good. In my opinion Lady Macbeth I the intellectual author of Duncan’s crime while Macbeth is only the material author. Lady Macbeth planed the crime, which make this crime a premeditated one. Lady Macbeth is a controversial character and in my opinion a key piece in this play. Many would argue that Macbeth was a good man that was push by his dreadful wife. However I believe that Lady Macbeth did what she believed she had to do to fulfill her avarice. As per Tillyard in The Elizabethan World Picture he explains the following “The conception of world order was for the Elizabethans a principal matter; the other set of ideas that ranked with it was the theological scheme of sin and salvation.” (Tilliard). Sin and salvation were important issues in the Elizabethan era, I find interesting the dark forces in the play like the three witches or when Lady Macbeth calls dark...
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...Macbeth Conflict There were many struggles that Macbeth faced throughout the story. They were supernatural, internal, and external. Although many of the characters play a part in Macbeth’s demise, it was his own choice. The three witches speak of a future event that will result in Macbeth becoming king. Upon finding out this information, his wife begins to question his manhood to ensure he becomes king. Then there’s his conscience, which allows him to questions his own character. If this is where you should be, why does it feel so wrong? From the beginning, the supernatural conflict starts. The three witch’s foretold events, that one might actually consider good news. The witches tell Macbeth he will soon become King. Unfortunately there is another king on the throne. Macbeth begins to ask, how could three deceitful entities, tell and truth? As the story goes on, you begin to wonder why Macbeth didn’t think harder on that question. Why would any good come from their truth? Although they promised him royalty, at what cost does it come? Macbeth didn’t stop to think about these issues. He only wanted what any man would gladly kill for if they had the chance. To rule over all. This proved to be the start of many conflicts. Finding out he would become King, had to be the best news he heard. So why not share the great news with Lady Macbeth. The external conflict proved to be Lady Macbeth. She decided to de-throne King Duncan now, rather than later. She questioned his manhood and...
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...The sun was up and morning had officially arrived in Mount Harrison bringing with it legion upon legion of low-level demons whose sole purpose of being there was to find and kidnap Liam. As they moved in and surrounded the Barrett family home after having poured into Mount Harrison from the surrounding townships and communities; they hit the well-hidden dwelling hard. The drive within each of them to capture the child had become so great that none of them had even given a remote thought as to team up with each other in order to get the job done, or at least form some kind of game plan. Slowly at first, and one after another they tried to approach the witches’ home, each in dire distress as a result of the protection spell Cera had placed on the...
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...This scene in Macbeth is set on a heath near Forres after the witches mysteriously disappeared. This play was designed to frighten the people who lived in the Elizabethan era, as they took witches immensely seriously. They are intended to envision a gloomy and stormy scene where the witches would practice their mischievous acts. In Macbeth, much like all of Shakespeare's other work, there are hidden messages which reveal some of what will happen later on in the play. Shakespeare portrays fate and ambition as the main themes in this passage through the personification of chance and Macbeth’s understanding of the witches mysterious prophecies. Personification is used to display how Macbeth would like to be king, Macbeth declares, “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me/Without my stir” (1.3.143). He is essentially saying that he has a desire to be king, he will put the violence aside, and allow chance to take the wheel and...
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