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Macbeth, puppet masters witch

Date Submitted: 08/22/2004 17:10:10
Category: / Literature / English
Length: 5 pages (1251 words)
Views: 129848

William Shakespeare wrote Macbeth, or The Scottis Play in 1606, and the play was actually based on an area of Scottish History. There was a Scottish King Duncan who ruled an area called Cumbria in 1018, and did so until 1034 when Macbeth and combined forces killed him over the claim to rightful kingship because of his mother who was a daughter of king Malcom II, though Macbeth was Duncan’s first cousin. Duncan just killed alot of …

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…powers and intentions, again to Fuel the play by meeting Macduff and Banquo giving their fortunes and fate. Last they appear being scorned by the Hecate, brewing up the magical soup awaiting MacBeth to show him the Apparations and his unclear future. Any time the witches showed their ugly faces it helped define the plot and give it meaning. Otherwise Shakespeare probably wouldn’t have even bothered to put his name on the cursed play.

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