The witches in Act 1, Scene 3 of ‘Macbeth’
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I can explain how language has been used to describe the witches in Act 1, Scene 3 of ‘Macbeth’.
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The witches could be interpreted as being presented as genderless
The witches' non-conformity to gender roles seems to confuse Macbeth and Banquo
The witches could be interpreted as unnatural, threatening outsiders
The witches' behaviour would subvert a Jacobean audience's expectations of femininity
The theme of the unnatural is first introduced
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