Macbeth The play“Macbeth” is about an ambitious General who becomes a traitor and kills the sohe can become king himself. He is influenced to become a traitor by his wifeand also by three witches. The witches seem to have a lot of influence onMa
Macbeth
The play “Macbeth” is about an ambitious General who becomes a traitor and kills the so he can become king himself. He is influenced to become a traitor by his wife and also by three witches. The witches seem to have a lot of influence on Macbeth as we see evidence of the supernatural through out the play.
We first meet the witches in act 1 scene 1. It is important that the witches begin the play because they set the scene and build up the atmosphere at the start of the play. We learn that the witches have plans for Macbeth. The witches say, “when the hurly-burly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won” and “There to meet with Macbeth” which implies that the witches can predict the future. The witches are doing spells when we see them, which imply that there will be supernatural and evil happenings throughout the play.
We next see the three witches in act 1 scene 3. We know that the witches like playing games with peoples lives because they put a spell on a sailor. The witches gave Macbeth some predictions that was he would become Thane of Cawdor and they said “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” which implies he will become king. Macbeth is pleased and amazed by the predictions. We know he is pleased because it is a secret ambition of Mecbeth’s to become king. He properly wants his future son to become king to. The witches gave Banquo a prediction that his decedents would become kings in the future.
