William Shakespeare's Macbeth

William Shakespeare's Macbeth

The two scenes that the essay will be focusing on are Act 1 Scene 1

and Act 3 Scene 4 of the Shakespeare novel, Macbeth. The first scene

Act 1 Scene 1 is the opening scene to the play, it starts with a

supernatural theme where the three witches are upon the heath

discussing when to meet with Macbeth, Macbeth may be implicated by the

three witches. Act 3 Scene 4 starts with Macbeth being told that

Banquo's son Fleance has escaped, this displeases Macbeth. This scene

shows signs of the unnatural because Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost, this

startles him and all the guests in his palace. As the scene progresses

Macbeths behaviour changes.

My impressions of the witches in Act 1 Scene 1 are that they would be

old female women that where very wrinkly and wear very old rags and

cloaks. I also thought that they would speak very slowly and croaky

and that they would mumble whenever they spoke. I thought that they

would walk slowly and stagger because they're very old and feeble, I

thought that they would have walking sticks, as they are old. They

probably like each other because they stay together wherever they are.

I don't think that they are that much different to each other because

they look and speak the same.

The content of Act 1 Scene 1 is about the three witches speaking to

each other upon the heath, what they say is significant because they

mention "thunder", "hurly-burly", "battle", "fair is foul", "fog and

filthy air". These five quotes tell us what it will be like when the

witches will meet Macbeth because the witches can predict the future.

The most significant quote is when the witches chant "fair is foul and

foul is fair" this shows that good and evil are mixed up from the

start. The rhythm of these lines would anticipate the audiences by

making them think something bad will happen.

The play being set in Scotland would be of significance because it is

very hilly, wet and foggy, which are useful to the four quotes in Act