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The word witchcraft is derived from the Old English word "Wiccecraeft". Wicca and wicce for female and male, pronounced as "witch-uh". Craeft meaning craft or skill, and the two words being put together is how the term became. The witches being the people who do the crafts/have the skills.

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Although majority of people accused of being witches were female, there were still a few hundred of men accused as well. They faced the same penalties as witches and were called warlocks instead.

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Since then, we now know that majority of the 'magic' is just unfortunate situations. Since the people that had been killed can't be granted anything, an apology was mentioned on International Women's Day 2022.

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In 1736, a nationwide witch hunt was let out five times. Nationwide trials occurred and majority of 'witches' were tried or killed.

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Between 1600-1800, nearly 4000 women were tried for witchcraft.  Around 2/3 of the women were executed in terrible such as, being burned alive, hung, and strangled. 625 of the nearly 4000 are unnamed and unknown.

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King James was convinced that witches casted a storm on him as an attempt to make him drown. The witches were tried and even after this situation, his obsession began. The book is all about witchcraft, and he even implied a law to make witchcraft punishable by death.

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Witches were thought to be connected to the devil, and back then that was very scary considering many people believed in the Catholic religion. The devil is seen as dark and bad in that religion, so anyone incorporated with the devil was bad. Witches were said to carry out all the plans of the devil, but on top of that could fly, turn into animals, and simply disappear. They could make people insane, predict the future, as well as change the minds of people, which is shown in Macbeth.

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What happened to people who did magic and witchcraft?

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What happened to people who did magic and witchcraft?

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People who were caught doing witchcraft or were under the suspicion of doing witchcraft were questioned and arrested. After, they would need to provide a confession to then be tortured and hung.

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In Shakespeare's time, many things that we have common explanations for now were often seen as witchcraft back then.  Without the use of science, the only logical explanation for certain things was magic. It's unsure how Shakespeare felt about witchcraft, but it's believed that within the play he wanted the witches to represent real witches or evil in the human form.

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In the 1600's when witchcraft was an extreme thing to be scared about, King James I had an interest in the subject. In his book "Daemonologie", his interest is seen. Shakespeare is said to have incorporated witchcraft as a way to be favoured by the new king.