People in the Jacobean era believed in the strong presence of evil plaguing their world and specifically blamed witches for being responsible for that evil. These influential beliefs can be seen as a common motif in Shakespeare's Macbeth, where the witches shaped Macbeth's destiny. Furthermore, the influence and fear of witches and witchcraft in Jacobean society led to a chaotic persecution of those associated with this practice and in Macbeth, the influence of witchcraft incited a king to terror and made decisions about a entire nation. The appearance and abilities of witches and witchcraft are motifs in Jacobean society and in Macbeth. In Jacobean society, a witch's appearance was described as old, wrinkled, thin and deformed. They would have a scruffy and wild appearance where you cannot distinguish their gender (Porterfield, Warning, Familiar and Ridiculous). Facial hair was also an indication that a woman could be a witch (Metclaf, The Presentation of Jacobean). They were also known to keep familiars or servants who did their bidding. These familiars were in animal form usually such as a cat or a toad (First Folio of Macbeth). Furthermore, under James VI, the qualities of an English and Scottish witch became intertwined so the appearance of a reclusive English witch who preferred gloomy activities joined the appearance of a social Scottish witch who liked to dance (Thompson, Macbeth, King James and witches). In addition to these characteristics, witches gather in covens and hold sabbats. These sabbats were celebrations or rituals where witches supposedly gathered to engage in erotic activities and cannibalistic feasts. These celebrations or rituals were a time of mischief and demonic activity (Metclaf, The Presen...... middle of paper ...... and lives of individuals. They are not known to cross the boundaries of what is masculine and what is feminine with their appearance. Witches distorted the essence of what makes humanity. Furthermore, witches turned good things into evil like Macbeth, who was a brave and honorable man who turned into. an arrogant tyrant. His rule brought anarchy and chaos to a once peaceful kingdom, his unchecked ambition and power were not the only factor pushing him to the edge, but also the push of the seductive prophecies made by the witches who tempted him to do things he shouldn't have done Act 1 Scene 1 of what is bad becomes right and what is right becomes bad is the main link to the theme of disordered nature (Shakespeare, 272), what was good became bad and what was bad became good, a disordered nature of the world.