The Three Witches In William Shakespeare's Macbeth

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Macbeth by William Shakespeare starts with Macbeth after a battle, where he finds three witches. They predict that he will eventually become king. Macbeth reports their prophesy to Lady Macbeth who is delighted to hear the news, and immediately makes plans on murdering King Duncan. After Macbeth invites the King to his home, he kills him, and begins to feel haunted by his actions. Macbeth hears more revelations from the witches, and tries to kill his friend, Banquo, and his son, Fleance. Later he kills MacDuff’s family, which enrages MacDuff to start an army against the new King Macbeth. He succeeds and walks out of the Macbeth’s castle with his head on a stake. Many people agree to disagree if Shakespeare actually wrote the plays that bear …show more content…
Three students dressed as girls, hailed him as the King of Scotland, King of England, and the King of Ireland. They reminded the king that “three prophesying sisters had told the ancient Scottish Thane Banquo, that though he would not be king himself, his descendants would.” (Bate) King James claimed descent from Banquo, and the prophesy in Holinshed’s Chronicles came true. Shakespeare was known to stop in Oxford whenever he came back to London from Stratford. The King’s visit was talked about widely, and it is possible that Shakespeare heard about the “little dramatic spectacle” (Bate) and decided to embellish the original story. Shakespeare’s company had just become the ‘King’s Men,’ so it was most appropriate that in 1606, when Macbeth was written, it was played at …show more content…
Often, he does not just use his them once, but several time in various plays. In the third line of the play, the second witch says, “when the hurlyburly’s done,” (Shakespeare) and “hurly-burly” is used at the end of King Henry IV part one. Both are loosely concerned with chaos, particularly caused by war or violence. In one line, Macbeth calls Lady Macbeth his dearest chuck, and in Love Labour’s Lost Adriano says, “sweet chuck,” not once but twice. Both are used as a term of endearment. Regardless of what some may think, all facts point to Shakespeare writing “Shakespeare.” If it were not for William Shakespeare’s pastoral childhood, life in London, and diction, then it would be possible to consider another person or group to write Shakespeare, but it is because of these reasons that there is no one else possible to write Shakespeare except for

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