Lady Macbeth as the Fourth Witch

Lady Macbeth as the Fourth Witch

William Shakespeare wrote the famous play "Macbeth" in 1608. In the

time of Shakespeare witches and witchcraft was strongly believed in.

Macbeth in the beginning of the play is a brave man and a man of honor

but towards the end he forces a downfall which is caused by he's

greediness and deceit. The play which William Shakespeare was written

to please King James the first because it was about his ancestors and

supported their story.

In the time of William Shakespeare people were very superstitious and

really believed in witches and witchcraft. Women were also very

religious and killing the king was the biggest sin as he was scene as

god. King James the first interest in witchcraft was well known so

William Shakespeare deliberately did the story to interest the king,

but it also interest a lot of the andience for example when lady

Macbeth receives a letter from Macbeth Suddenly, the audience doesn't

have the perception of an honorable, loyal and brave subject of the

Macbeth ; but a man with burning ambition but thinks too much of the

repercussions. His wife says "hie thee hither, That I may pour my

spirits into thine ear," which means that she has already made the

intention of persuading Macbeth into killing the king, just moments

after reading the letter. I think that it is this speech that makes

the audience pity Macbeth at this point of the play, rather than

hating him for his cruel intentions. This is because we know that when

he returns weary to his castle, his wife will be there to greet him

and ready to manipulate him. Also, this quote tells the audience what

Lady Macbeth thinks of herself i...

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...rbid demands,

such as "take my milk for gall," which means that she is asking to

become bitter and poisonous. Another request that she makes is for the

"murdering ministers" to "unsex me here."

I have come to the conclusion that lady Macbeth was a loving and

caring person though ambition lead her to her downfall and as we have

seen in the play she will even sell her soul just to have the security

that she has power I believe lady Macbeth contains features of a witch

though towards the end we can see that's she loses control and her

mind so I am In the middle when it comes to lady Macbeth being a witch

in many ways but sometimes you can see her with human characteristics

though she played a big part in the murder of King Duncan it was the

hunger of power that lead her and her husband to do evil and wrongful

deeds.