... had children from a previous marriage nut was childless in this marriage. Childlessness could have resulted through the seeds of good and evil. It is always desirable to have good men of noble character to populate the land and pass ...

... any remorse for this unlawful and unholy act. To this end she resorts to evil acts and even goes to the extent of calling upon evil spirits to aid and abet her in her quest of wrong doing as depicted ...

... is a driving force because she is the one who actually makes plans for the murder and comes up with the idea in the first place. But the witches were the first to suggest the kingship. When she reads the ...

... tower. The first time in the poem when the lady of Shalott speaks she says, 'I'm half sick of shadows', this is also the first part in the poem where the lady of Shalott appears to be unhappy with her lifestyle. In ...

... rhythm to the witches´ language to emphasize their wickedness. The second part of this quote adds to their image of wickedness and would have created tension among the audience. Most of Shakespeare's audience believed in the supernatural as they were discovering ...

... the line since he had waded into the thick of the battle until he took on Macdonald himself therefore Macbeth being described as the 'God of War'. 'As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion' describes how courageous Macbeth and ...

... was typical for Shakespeare's plays to derive from other people's work, for example, 'Macbeth' was taken from the Holinshed Chronicles. Another example of this is the play 'Romeo and Juliet', which was taken from an Italian poem, and turned into ...

... from the nave to the chops,' 'his brandished steel, /Which smoked with bloody execution,' Here Macbeth demonstrates a particularly gruesome way of killing his enemies, which he will exploit later in the play for his own, needs. Furthermore when he ...

... King Duncan obviously likes Macbeth, because he saved his country from defeat. Not only the king likes Macbeth, everyone does. This is shown when Sergeant says "For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name." (Act1 scene 2 line 16) Even King Duncan respects ...

... tried to kill and it is believed he got his loathing of witches from this. This is the reason why the witches are portrayed as evil and ugly. At the time, the audience would have been a very superstitious one ...

... doesn't want to commit the deed as he realises that "we still have judgement here." ( Act 1 Scene V111) , that he is Duncan's " kinsman and his subject ... then as his host." He values Duncan's "great office" ...

... He thinks and says bad things of the witches. He calls them instruments of darkness and the devil. He might believe that these prophecies will only bring harm even before anything begins to happen. So Macbeth is warned by his ...

... to harm him. The witches first appear in scene one, right at the beginning of the play. Opening characters in a play are important, therefore putting the witches first is a significant ploy utilised by Shakespeare to grab the audiences' ...

... new Thane of Cawdor 'Noble Macbeth has won' not only has Macbeth won the war but the title too. The audience hasn't even seen Macbeth yet and already their first impressions of him are a noble brave hero. Dramatic irony ...

... fulfil his destiny. To become king, Macbeth had to kill Duncan, "With his surcease, success" (I, vii, 4) Had he not been given the motive of becoming king from the Supernatural Sisters, he would not have done so. The witches also ...

... of Heaven, Hell, God and the Devil. The theme of evil is shown through unnatural occurrences, the witches, and within characters. However, the intended interpretation of whether these occurrences are literal or metaphorical is ambiguous. For example, the dagger seen ...

... after he meets three evil witches in Act one scene three; who prophesise he is to be Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor and to be king there after. "All hail Macbeth, hail to thee Thane of Glamis. All hail ...

... the destructive impact it has. It is Malcom who named Macbeth and Lady Macbeth "a dead butcher and his fiend like queen", and our first impression of Macbeth is completely contrary to Malcom's suggestion. We hear of others talking of "brave ...

... Macbeth starts the play as a great hero and is well respected by his fellow lords and friends. He has shown himself to be a great warrior and is referred to by some as "Bellona's Bridegroom" who helped to ...

... the main characters. The only difference is that Macbeth is aware of his fait (the witches addressing him with his future titles) whereas Romeo is simply affected by it (the coincidences that bought him and Juliet together). Once Macbeth has ...

... on, his mind is more and more troubled. At the start of the play, just after the battle, Macbeth behaves like any hero would: he is happy, making jokes and pleased to have won the battle. Almost immediately after meeting ...

... "Be innocent of the knowledge dearest chuck," Macbeths begins to think that he knows better than his wife who originally put in him this position of greed and selfishness. Macbeth becomes cursed by his "Vaulting ambition" which pushes him to kill ...

... tension but is really trying to shake it off. The actor playing Macbeth in the theatre would be sweating and fiddling around with his hands, just generally acting very nervous and anxious. Macbeth is very curt in his sentences and ...

... play has been carried forward to this very day. Shakespeare's tragedy is about Macbeth's bloody rise to power, including the murder of the Scottish king, Duncan, and the guilt-ridden path of evil deeds generating still more evil deeds. As an integral ...

... was considered to be inferior to that of men. Lady Macbeth is fully aware of her weaknesses both as a human and especially as a woman that may "impede [them] from the golden round." From this we see that Lady ...