Shakespeare makes the witches stand out in the play though their discourse. in act 1 scene 1 the first witch says, " when shall we three meets again? in thunder lightning or rain?" the use of pathetic fallacy immediately sets their negativity. focusing on the rhyming couplets "rain and again" segregates the witches from the audience and show a quarantine between normality and supernatural. this shows that the audience will be nihilistic because we associate the type of weather with negative moods and emotions.
Shakespeare makes the witches stand out in the play because the witches can speak to their familiars, the evidence for this is "I come graymalkin." This reinforces the Jacobean stereotypes of witches because it echoes his fascination of the supernatural, witches and prophecies. therefore, this makes the witches scarier and separates them from the audience. furthermore, the witch’s speech is written in short rhyming couplets that imitates the casting of a spell, this language is full of imagery of witchcraft and chaotic weather. these lines suggest a paradox that runs throughout the play. therefore, life is frequently presents a
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he does this through the use of paradoxical language where he says, "foul is fair and fair is foul." this shows the supernatural powers of the witches because by using contradicting statements makes them look different or standout. the quote "fog and filthy air." links with the witch’s association of makes things unclear because it shows the lack of transparency whereas the word "fog" echoes the moral atmosphere of the play because it associates with the witches and deception. in act 1 scene 3 Macbeth say the exact same words as the witches this suggests that the witch have control and power of him. this is situational irony because they process him as the king yet manipulate the power of