Thursday 23 January 2014

Dagger and Witches as a force for good?

In contrast, the witches could be seen as a force for good. The supernatural is not always a negative theme. “All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor.” “Al hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!” The witches are giving Macbeth compliments. Things that haven’t happened to him yet, a prophecy. Just like their chanting, Shakespeare also uses repetition of ‘hail’ and ‘Macbeth’ to give the central character this news. When he hears he is thane of Cawdor at the end of the scene, this makes Macbeth think… When Macbeth goes to kill Duncan he sees a dagger in the air, a hallucination. This could be seen as a supernatural element because… “Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle towards my hand?” The rhetorical question tells the audience what Macbeth as an actor is reacting to because, as an audience, we can’t see it. It’s important that Macbeth sees a dagger because…

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