Three times in my direction, three times in your’s. “Thrice to thine and thrice to mine, /And thrice again, to make up nine” Rhyming couplets- creates a mysterious and almost song-like lilt to their speech. the witches cause the shipwreck, which would have scared a Jacobean audience as it shows the witches’s power over everyone.įoreshadows Lady Macbeth, and how she eventually goes mad and cannot sleep from guilt. Metaphor of a sailor representing Macbeth- storm stops him sleeping like Macbeth’s guilt stops his sleep. Tiger- an English ship that finally arrived home after disastrous 81 week voyage. “Her husband’s to Aleppo gone, master o’th’ Tiger” oxymorons emphasise this possible supernatrual element and shows the witches power. irony- Macbeth, like the previuos Thane, betrays the king. Thane of Cawdor executed for being a “disloyal traitor”. “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won” Very ironic- later Macbeth becomes the same. “For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name”Ĭontradicts Macbeth’s character change – he strats off as a well-respected soldier, who is brave and fearless, but eventually he becomes evil and cruel. Rhyming couplets & paradoxes (contradicts itself) – shows the mysterious and confusing nature of the witches. “When the hurly-burly’s done/ When the battle’s lost and won”
Duncan thinks that Macbeth is his friend and trusted ally,but Macbeth kills him. Later Duncan is killed by him- link to “This castle hath a pleasant seat the air/ Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself.”- dramatic irony. “O valiant cousin, worthy gentlemen”- Duncan at first he is praised for his blood lust, but it becomes his downfall.Shakespeare contrasts eerie witch scene with gory battle scene- violent mood for play Metaphor/ imagery of a gory sword smoking from hot blood.- foreshadow to dagger scene where he has become a tyrant. “Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel,/ Which smoked with bloody execution” Ironic, he is being told “hail” yet when he becomes King this language no longer reflects who he is.Īllusions/religious imagery- re-enact violent slaughter. Mouth to the belly – brave/ heroic Macbeth killed the traitor Macdonwald with the Scottish army.very violent image
“Till he unseamed him from the nave to th’chops”- Captain Hints that good Macbeth turns bad.- rhyming couplets adds to the evil foreboding atmosphere. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair/ Hover through the fog and filthy air”
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