Weird alter egos sisters comical witches prophesying duality

Text	Duality of witches' personae -> significance of the witchery scenes {{c1::The comical witches’ alter egos are the prophesying Weird Sisters, and the Weird Sisters’ alter egos are the witches.}} {{c2::The comical witches’ alter egos are the prophesying Weird Sisters, and the Weird Sisters’ alter egos are the witches They are the “other self” of themselves. {{c4::This brilliant conflation drives Macbeth’s fatal self-deception; he fails to recognize the folly of taking witchcraft seriously and acting on the prophecies of the Weird Sisters, who personify his dark, innermost impulses.}}

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Duality of witches' personae -> significance of the witchery scenes

{{c1::The comical witches’ alter egos are the prophesying Weird Sisters, and the Weird Sisters’ alter egos are the witches.}}

{{c2::The comical witches’ alter egos are the prophesying Weird Sisters, and the Weird Sisters’ alter egos are the witches

They are the “other self” of themselves.

{{c4::This brilliant conflation drives Macbeth’s fatal self-deception; he fails to recognize the folly of taking witchcraft seriously and acting on the prophecies of the Weird Sisters, who personify his dark, innermost impulses.}}

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