Macbeth

What are the witches's needs and wants?

What are their needs and wants not especially with the history but with their lives in general?

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The witches in this play only want to cause disorder and chaos. They are actually pretty flat characters. They exist to tempt Macbeth to his ruin. Their function was really that simple. Elizabethans felt they were nasty, ugly old hags who practiced the dark arts. That's all they really exist for.

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