Macbeth

How does Shakespeare establish the witches as agents of evil at the start of the scene?

ACT 1

SCENE 3

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The witches use confusing speech, their greeting to Macbeth is ambiguous, and their prophecy serves to stir ambition..... not so much a prophecy as it is encouragement.... encouragement to do evil.

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