Void of Shakespeare

     The writer of Act III Scene V was not Shakespeare, and this scene was perhaps not even in the original version of Macbeth.  This scene contains the witches, who are commonly known throughout the play as the Weïrd Sisters, and Hecate, who is only briefly in the play.  Throughout the scene, Hecate, who does a majority of the speaking, rhymes in couplets at the end of each of her lines of speech. As Shakespeare has not been employing this rhyme scheme throughout Macbeth, a red flag is raised as to whether he was the true playwright of this scene.  The proof for the latter part of the claim lies in that fact that Hecate does not actually contribute anything to the plot of the play.  If this scene and Hecate had been left out of the play entirely, similar to how it began, the play would remain unchanged.  Due to the uncharacteristic rhyme scheme and the insignificance of the scene and Hecate, the inconsistency and its possible addition overtime becomes evident.
     This can be reflected outside of the play when the audience is led to believe that the works they are reading are written by a different individual than the true writer.  For example, J. K. Rowling published "The Cuckoo’s Calling" under the name of Robert Galbraith in order to be able to publish a book without expectations from her fans.  Nevertheless, the audience of "The Cuckoo's Calling" expected to be reading a selection by Robert Galbraith when they were truly reading the work of J. K. Rowling.  Similarly, the audience of Act III Scene V in Macbeth expected to be reading a selection by Shakespeare when they were truly reading the work of a completely different individual that possibly even existed at a different time.