witches: biblical links Flashcards
1
Q
why do they appear in threes always?
A
to form the anti-trinity; comprise the devil in 3 infernal persons.
2
Q
daemonologie (1597)
A
portrayed as ‘agents of the devil’ during the jacobean era
3
Q
catalysts in the fall of man (links to bibical fall)
A
they act as the serpant in the story of adam & eve; linking to LM in 1.5 when she tells macbeth to “look like th’innocent flower but be the serpant under’nt.”
