eristics of a woman that would have been classified as a witch. Wills shows that since John Rice played such similar characters that were witches, then there is a good possibility that Lady Macbeth is a witch also.It was not difficult to become a woman that was labeled as a witch in Elizabethan England. An old woman, a woman that was a little too masculine for the fashion of that day, or, simply, a woman that stated her own opinions and could think for herself could have easily been thought of as a witch. The loose interpretation of what a witch was at that time was unfortunate because if the title was being handed out freely, then it also meant that the consequences were also handed down with ease. Unfortunately, the consequence of being a witch was usually death....
