Shakespeare uses rhymes in scene 5 to aid in the telling of the story and also to set the scene and tone of Hecate’s lines. In scene 5 Hecate talks about her feelings on the witches fooling with Macbeth. She is also angered that she was not a part of this, because the witches are using her powers. They then decide to fool Macbeth even more with Hecate’s help and possibly give him immortality, which the witches predict will corrupt him more. All of Hecate’s speech is in rhyme. This has 2 reasons why Shakespeare has chosen to use rhyme in the scene. The first is to make her words flow smoother, which makes the speech easier to read through and convey ideas easier, and also creates an opportunity for more complex language features to be used. The second is to make the witch sound more mysterious and inhuman, as no human ever talks in rhymes. Hecate is being portrayed as a powerful magic being, and the rhymes help with the portrayal.
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