Three Witches

Shakespeare's shortest and popular tragedy, Macbeth, explores the natural and the supernatural worlds of Scotland. One of the major theme of the play is Natural vs Supernatural. Natural is the normal, good side, on the other hand, unnatural is the bad, disordered side. The motif of unnatural has occurred several times throughout the play. The play leans more towards the supernatural, the same side that lead Macbeth to his demise. Unnatural events occur when the main characters do something evil…

all about bloodshed, death, and loyalty. And In the three Scenes for Macbeth Act 4 shows many qualities of a striving king. Act 4, Scene 1 shows that a good king embodies God instead of relying on Satanism. In Scene 1 Macbeth can be seen going up to the witches showing that he is relying on Satanism to predict what will happen if he does continue to kill. When Macbeth finds out about Banquo's ghost, he sets out to find the three witches so that with the help of witchcraft they can tell…

unbridled courage and ambition take full control over him. Many critics, scholars and readers may argue that Macbeth is a victim in his crimes. This is not a completely uneducated argument because Macbeth is highly influenced by his wife and the three witches. Also, Macbeth probably would not have felt as much passion to commit his heinous crimes…

crime because stabbing will create a lot of blood, proving the blood thirst of Macbeth. This line also triggers the thought whether Macbeth is ‘forced’ to kill Duncan (the blood is already on the blade of dagger) as a part of the prophecies of the witches (destiny) or he is creating his own faith. Is the hallucination foreshadows his faith or is it an imaginary of Macbeth to persuade himself to take an action? Shakespeare tied a complex knot and left it in the audience mind: to keep the audience…

refers to superhuman appearances, and things such as ghosts, or witches, which are beyond human understanding. ‘Psychology’ refers to the study of the mind and how the human brain works, including human behaviour and how different things affect this. In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the supernatural is shown through the use of a magic potion, while in Macbeth the idea is presented through appearances such as ghosts and witches. However, the question that we must pose…

Within the play, Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, it portrays a strong use of corruption. Manipulation and deception are elements of corruption, in Macbeth the responsibility of Macbeth’s moral corruption is blamed upon Lady Macbeth, the Three Witches, and Macbeth. First, Lady Macbeth is responsible of Macbeth’s moral corruption, as she persuades him to kill the King, supports his decisions, and protects him. To begin, her desire to make Macbeth king results her to take corrupt measures,…

violating his dominant set of shoulds in order to act out the arrogant-vindictive trends which are reinforced by his wife” which is why he slips into evil ways (Gale, Cengage Learning). With his wife and three witches forcing him to commit these acts he became more corrupt over time. When the three weird sisters popped in to give Macbeth prophecies about his future he became intrigued when they mentioned that he would become Thane…

kills lots of people, and in the end he dies. In the story there are 3 witches known as the weird sisters. And Macbeth goes to them to see if they can help him, they tell him many prophecies and things he could do, to get what he wants. “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (1,3,48-50) This is what one of the witches told Macbeth. He didn’t understand why she called him that, and…

Macbeth, there is a question as to whether or not Macbeth is driven by fate or free will. Throughout the play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, Macbeth is controlled by three witches. Some may consider the satisfaction of these witches' expectations as a reasonable sign that Macbeth's way is a destined one, bound to happen. Instead, the witches' control of Macbeth, his own particular self-uncertainty and clashing thought and his self-acknowledging desire demonstrate that it is through and through…

ambitious than Macbeth himself. Ultimately, she persuades Macbeth to kill the King so he could become king. This is because Macbeth, the newest Thane of Cawdor, receives his future from three decrepit witches. They told him he will become the Thane of Cawdor, then become the King. He told his wife, Lady Macbeth, what the witches have said about him. Now she wants the King dead more than anything. She will murder him if Macbeth cannot, no matter what it takes. According to the story she even…