The Three Witches In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

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Macbeth, a tragic play, was written by William Shakespeare in the early sixteen hundreds. Macbeth is known for being one of Shakespeare’s shortest tragedies. This drama depicts the rapid and brutal rise of a warrior named Macbeth to the throne because of three witches that had given him an unbelievable, dream-fulfilling prophecy.
The main theme in Macbeth, the damage made when ambition is avoided by moral restrictions. This theme follows two characters throughout this play. The two main characters are Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth. Macbeth is a Scottish general that is the cousin of the king of Scotland. Macbeth is a very courageous man who dedicated his life to fighting for the king, Duncan. After three witches tell Macbeth that his …show more content…

Macbeth began authorizing murders on any competitor he may have, even Banquo and his son. Macbeth slaughtered the family of Macduff, a powerful man who has left Scotland to join Duncan’s exiled son, Malcolm in a rebellion against Scotland. Meanwhile, Lady Macbeth becomes deranged from the crimes and evil acts she and her husband has committed and eventually ends her own life. Macbeth becomes extremely depressed as he waits for Malcolm and Macduff to invade Scotland. However, he found comfort in the second prophecy the witches had given him. The second prophecy said that no one born of a woman could harm Macbeth, he won’t die until the Great Birnam Wood comes against him, and beware of Macduff.
A motif in this play is violence. In this play, there is a numerous amount of violence that takes place while Macbeth is the King. There are two bloody battles in this play. The first battle Macbeth is a warrior, he kills the traitor of the king as a good deed and in the second battle he is being beheaded by Macduff for all of the evil deeds he committed to become the King of Scotland. Another motif is hallucinations. Hallucinations occur many times throughout this play as a reminder of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth guilt for the murders they

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