Macbeth

Macbeth

1. Witches and the supernatural

   • "Wired Sisters"
   • Evil
   • They create planned chaos, which is why it makes them a bigger fear.
   • The witches tell Macbeth his fate but only parts of it.
     • Macbeth can't be killed by someone who was born by a woman, which would give Macbeth confidence as it is impossible to kill him.

2. Macbeth and the supernatural

   • A floating dagger
     • "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation,"
       • This is said by Macbeth just before he kills King Duncan. It shows that he may still have some doubt about killing Duncan but also shows that Macbeth is halucinating.
   • Banquo's Ghost
     • Back to haunt Macbeth
       • "Thy bones is marrowless, thy blood is cold"
       • "Avant! and quit my sight"
     • When the ghost finally leaves Macbeth he is relieved.
       • "I am a man again. Pray you still"
   • Manipulated by the witches.
     • Macbeth is first unaware the he will be used throughout the play when he meets the witches.
       • By the end of the play Macbeth realises he has been manipulated by the witches but it's too late.