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The Witches :warning: - Coggle Diagram

- - - - “Knock, knock, knock. Who’s there in the name of Beelzebub?”
      - Act 3, Scene 2: Macbeth is Infected
        
        “O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!”
        
        Act 3, Scene 4: Banquo’s Ghost
        
        “The time had been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end. But now they rise again.”
        
        Act 3, Scene 5: Hecate Appears
        
        “He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear He hopes ‘above wisdom grace and fear – And you all know security Is mortal’s chiefest enemy.”
        
        Hecate, like The Fates, is another Greek myth. In the play, she is the goddess of the underworld. She usually carried two torches representing choice (two different paths). This links to Macbeth’s decision to kill Macduff’s family – a point of no return. He is a tyrant king. Hecate refers to future events: Macbeth feels too much “security” after his second set of prophecies and this is his “enemy” – it leads to his downfall.
        
        Act 4, Scene 1: Macbeth is lured back
        
        1) “Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble.”
        2) “By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.”
        3) “Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.”
        
        1) This famous quotation implies the poisonous nature of the witches and shows how they use spells to assert their will onto Macbeth (and other characters).
        
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- - - - The play begins with foreboding weather that sets the atmosphere. The use of pathetic fallacy implies the play will be dark and violent. In contrast, Macbeth is “rapt withal”, meaning he is literally spellbound by the witches. He contrasts with Banquo and seems to immediately fall under their spell. Macbeth, a fearsome general, is reduced to silence. Banquo requests a prophesy for himself, but does not “beg or fear” the witches.
- - - - Macbeth finds his voice and commands the witches through imperatives. He demands answers, but in response they vanish – showing the audience Macbeth holds no power over them. Ironically, Banquo here foreshadows future evens as they “betray” Macbeth despite offering some “truth” in their prophesises.