Macbeth

Thesis: If we were to produce a performance of Macbeth we would not include this scene because it does not make sense with later scenes and is not the same style of writing as the rest of the play

Summary of the Quote: Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft and the ruler of the three witches, is first introduced in Act 3, Scene 5. She is able to decide the evil things that will happen to someone with her powers. Hecate starts out by expressing her anger towards the things that the three witches have done. She was angry at the fact that the witches didn't inform her about using her power. Next, Hecate gives an opportunity to the three witches to redeem themselves. She orders the witches to meet her by the pit near the river with their spells and cauldrons so that Macbeth will learn his destiny. After the witches completes what they were told to do, Hecate compliments them.

Reason Hecate should be included in the play: Hecate influences the way the three witches tell Macbeth his future. If Hecate had actually told the three witches not to tell Macbeth that the would become King, then they would not have, and Macbeth may have not ever killed someone. Also, there is no proof that Hecate was not a part written by Shakespeare. Shakespeare could have written the part in to try to confuse people or show that Hecate is so different, by being an evil witch, that she does not even speak the same way that the other witches do, or how the people do.