Cawdor Castle

In the English literature no doubt Shakespeare was one of the greats. He formed the language that we have today in some sense, he brought roughly around 1,700 original words we use today. His play genres which were history, comedy, and tragedy. He made 37 plays; 11 history, 14 comedy, and 12 tragedy. One very famous tragedy that shakespeare made was called Macbeth. This was a tragic hero play, which meant the main character has some sort of flaw (ambition) combined with fate or external forces…

meet him is the Thane of Glamis and a soldier of the late King Duncan. Macbeth meets these three witches and they give him two prophecies, that he will be the Thane of Cawdor and the king of Scotland. We find out that Macbeth kills Mcdonald and the Thane of Cawdor is captured by King Duncan, who is planning on giving the cawdors land to Macbeth. When Macbeth gets word that he is the new thane he writes a letter to his wife describing…

Banquo. They meet up and see three witches. He seeks to go to them and ask for them to predict if he will one day be King of Scotland. In the story, the witches prophesize “All Hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All Hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter.”…

Malcom, heir to the Throne, what was Duncan thinking? I cannot get my head around all that has happened. Me? Thane of Cawdor, from where do these witches get their knowledge, certainly they cannot be true. But to be King? I swore my allegiance and loyalty to the King. Duncan is the King, he will have chosen someone who is suitable for that role. But instead he chose Malcom, someone who is not ready to be King. Does he have what it takes to make the right decisions? He is just a child, he is not…

cannot be conquered. Macbeth is told by three witches that he will become Thane of Cawdor and eventually King of…

Near the beginning of Act One, the witches make Macbeth aware of this prophecy, when they say to him, “All hail Macbeth, Thane of Glamis. All hail Macbeth, Thane of Cawdor. All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” (I,iii,46-48). Macbeth, using his own free will, chooses to believe them after he is appointed the Thane of Cawdor. At that point, he decides on his own that the only way he would be able to become the king, is to kill the current king. Therefore, Macbeth is entirely…

haunting him. Thus, Macbeth starts to feel anxious of his fate and decides to visit the witches. The witches then state a new prophecy, in which it states to “Beware Macduff” (Act IV Scene 1). This causes Macbeth to plot Macduff’s murder in his own castle, only to discover that Macduff has fled to England to plan to revolt against Macbeth. However, this plot is not in vain as Macbeth decides to kill Macduff’s family instead. As the play comes to a close, both Macbeth and Macduff’s army fight,…

content. But after he and his brother in arms Banquo encounter three witches, called the Weïrd sisters, who tell them that Macbeth is to become the thane of Cawdor and later king of Scotland, Macbeth wonders if the Weïrd sisters are right, although Banquo is skeptical. Later that same day, King Duncan of Scotland appoints Macbeth the new thane of Cawdor. This excites Macbeth, while Banquo remains skeptical. Macbeth becomes ambitious which leads him to do many terrible…

In life, power is a dangerous tool. Some people are able to obtain it and help others around them, but more often it distorts people’s minds as they strive for more. Throughout history, leaders have destroyed the lives of others in order to gain power. While power doesn’t change people, because people do not often change, it can bring out an unconscious personality that one didn’t even know they had. Ambition is a desire that goes along with power. The ambition to receive more can often cause…

believed that the play was cursed. They couldn’t say the name of the play. We believe the play is set in Scotland in the 11th century. Some scenes take place at Forres castle in Scotland where Duncan lives. This is where Macbeth will live when he becomes king. This is also where Macbeth and his wife kill Duncan. Inverness castle which is where Macbeth lives before becoming king. Fife is…