Something Wicked This Way Comes In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

Happy Halloween: “Something wicked this way comes.” Macbeth is considered to be a play that was specifically altered and performed for King James by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is said to have won the approval of his patron, King James as he altered the historic source material of Macbeth, to pander to interests close to King James. King James was extremely fascinated by witches and the supernatural; this fascination is proven through the book he wrote on this subject, Daemonologie. Due to this curiosity we see Shakespeare intentionally captured the supernatural theme by revolving this theme as guise of the crux for entire plot of the play. King James believed that witches, and other supernatural beings, had the power to corrupt good

Both are unaware of its intention, they do not know if it is real or a figment of Macbeth’s imagination or the work of the witches to turn their prophecy to the truth. We are also unaware of what the Dagger signifies, is it condemning or supporting Macbeth’s actions? If we hypothesize that the witches, had the ability to infiltrate Macbeth’s mind and carve out a Dagger so that he would have the courage to commit murder, or to get rid of the thoughts of loyalty and prestige he had towards King Duncan. This claim can be further solidified by looking at Macbeth’s

The ghost is significant as it serves as a reminder of Macbeth’s deeds and the path he could have chosen. However, could this ghost sighting be a sign of Macbeth’s guilty conscience? Was it some sort of witchcraft conjured by the witches to corrupt the psyche of Macbeth? Or was it an actual spirit haunting Macbeth? We are unaware; this ambiguity and vagueness of the appearance of the ghost leads us to gauge what we deem of Macbeth’s actions. We can believe that ghosts exists, or that Macbeth is overridden by guilt and is a weak man, or that he is constantly under the power of the witches. If we assume the last to be the true, we can echo Shakespeare’s flattery to King James’ belief in the occult. This, additionally, solidifies the stand that if the witches had not corrupted Macbeth with their prophecy, maybe there would have been no bloodshed. Intensifying the claim regarding the influence of malicious wings of the government on the impressionable individuals in government. Lastly, Lady Macbeth’s “spot”. An absurd theory would be to claim that Lady Macbeth herself was a victim of the witches and called the spirits to provide her with power, and after they left she was swollen with guilt. To illustrate the same, we can highlight her first