Introduction
Macbeth is considered to be Shakespeare’s one of the most outstanding tragedies. Scholars widely agree that Macbeth was written around the year 1606 and to support the idea ‘the strongest indication that Macbeth was composed in the summer of 1606 concerns its allusion to a ship named the “Tiger” which has sailed to the near east en route to Aleppo, an ancient trading city in Syria’(Feldman: 213). Shakespeare’s main source to write Macbeth was Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland written by Raphael Holinshed and originally published in 1577. Furthermore, Shakespeare’s ‘patrons were Queen Elizabeth and King James I’ (Brown: 1); King James I was especially relevant to the composition of Macbeth as ‘the new monarch it should be remembered was a descendant of Banquo’ (Brown: 21).
Macbeth accounts the story of Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, a Scottish General of the King army who receives the prophecy of The Three Witches, the Weird Sisters, that he will become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. …show more content…
This section provides an analysis of the other-worldly elements, specifically: The Three Witches, The Weird Sisters; the floating dagger, the ghost of Banquo and the three apparitions in form of: an armed head, a bloody child and a child crowned with a tree in his hand.
The Three Witches
The Three Witches or The Weird sisters are the starting point of the chaos, natural disorder, confusion, bloodbath and destruction of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the play. The Three Witches appear in Act I, Scene I; Act I, Scene III and Act IV, Scene I. First of all, in Act I, Scene I, The Three Witches appear in a Scottish moor between thunder and lighting. The Three Witches announce plans to reunite with Macbeth in rhyming tones and casting
Macbeth is considered to be Shakespeare’s one of the most outstanding tragedies. Scholars widely agree that Macbeth was written around the year 1606 and to support the idea ‘the strongest indication that Macbeth was composed in the summer of 1606 concerns its allusion to a ship named the “Tiger” which has sailed to the near east en route to Aleppo, an ancient trading city in Syria’(Feldman: 213). Shakespeare’s main source to write Macbeth was Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland written by Raphael Holinshed and originally published in 1577. Furthermore, Shakespeare’s ‘patrons were Queen Elizabeth and King James I’ (Brown: 1); King James I was especially relevant to the composition of Macbeth as ‘the new monarch it should be remembered was a descendant of Banquo’ (Brown: 21).
Macbeth accounts the story of Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, a Scottish General of the King army who receives the prophecy of The Three Witches, the Weird Sisters, that he will become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. …show more content…
This section provides an analysis of the other-worldly elements, specifically: The Three Witches, The Weird Sisters; the floating dagger, the ghost of Banquo and the three apparitions in form of: an armed head, a bloody child and a child crowned with a tree in his hand.
The Three Witches
The Three Witches or The Weird sisters are the starting point of the chaos, natural disorder, confusion, bloodbath and destruction of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the play. The Three Witches appear in Act I, Scene I; Act I, Scene III and Act IV, Scene I. First of all, in Act I, Scene I, The Three Witches appear in a Scottish moor between thunder and lighting. The Three Witches announce plans to reunite with Macbeth in rhyming tones and casting