MACBETH
Scene 1
Open ground. Thunder and lighening. - (turbulence (good for battle), the scene is deserted, a disruption in nature)
Enter THREE WITCHES - (THREE is a special number)
WITCH 1: When shall we three meet again? - (Rhyming couplets, gives a supernatural feeling)
In thunder, lightening, or in rain? - (Patheitc Fallacy)
WITCH 2: When the hurly-burly's done;
When the battle's lost, and won. - (There's a battle going on)
WITCH 3: That will be ere the set of sun. - (set of sun - twilight)
WITCH 1: What the place?
WITCH 2: Upon the heath.
WITCH 3: There to meet with Macbeth. - (Meet Macbeth in a deserted place - why?)
WITCH 1: I come, Grey-Malkin. - (Familars spirit, her cat)
WITCH 2: Padock calls. - (Toad)
WICTH 3: Anon!
ALL: Fair is foul, and foul is fair; - (a chant/spell, creating chaos, fog and filthy air - can't see (The Gothic where nature and
Hover throught the fog an filthy air. feelings unite), uncertainty, moral confusion. Hover - they fly)
[Exeunt]
Enter THREE WITCHES - (THREE is a special number)
WITCH 1: When shall we three meet again? - (Rhyming couplets, gives a supernatural feeling)
In thunder, lightening, or in rain? - (Patheitc Fallacy)
WITCH 2: When the hurly-burly's done;
When the battle's lost, and won. - (There's a battle going on)
WITCH 3: That will be ere the set of sun. - (set of sun - twilight)
WITCH 1: What the place?
WITCH 2: Upon the heath.
WITCH 3: There to meet with Macbeth. - (Meet Macbeth in a deserted place - why?)
WITCH 1: I come, Grey-Malkin. - (Familars spirit, her cat)
WITCH 2: Padock calls. - (Toad)
WICTH 3: Anon!
ALL: Fair is foul, and foul is fair; - (a chant/spell, creating chaos, fog and filthy air - can't see (The Gothic where nature and
Hover throught the fog an filthy air. feelings unite), uncertainty, moral confusion. Hover - they fly)
[Exeunt]
Scene 2
- King Duncan sees somene come to him who has just come from the battle.
- It is the captain, and he tells the King and Malcome what has happened in the battle.
- Macdonwald rebelled against the king, but he lost the battle against Macbeth and Banquo
- But after they won that battle, a new assult came - the Norwegians, which was led by the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth, Banquo and their army still faught them and won.
- Duncan had to get soliders from the Western Isles (Ireland and Scotland), because he didn't have enough soliders, but he has to pay for them.
- Duncan was delighted that they won, and says to kill Cawdor and get Macbeth a new title.
- It is the captain, and he tells the King and Malcome what has happened in the battle.
- Macdonwald rebelled against the king, but he lost the battle against Macbeth and Banquo
- But after they won that battle, a new assult came - the Norwegians, which was led by the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth, Banquo and their army still faught them and won.
- Duncan had to get soliders from the Western Isles (Ireland and Scotland), because he didn't have enough soliders, but he has to pay for them.
- Duncan was delighted that they won, and says to kill Cawdor and get Macbeth a new title.
Scene 3
- The witches are evil, spiteful and manipulative - the story of the sailor's wife (A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap...'Give me' quoth I ...
her husband to Aleppo gone, master o'th Tiger)
- They have the power over nature, as they create a storm ( I'll give thee wind.)
- They can deprive people of sleep through torture.
- They can hurt/kill animals.
- They keep sinister and unpleasant objects such as body parts.
- Chant a curse, make spells and use the number 3.
her husband to Aleppo gone, master o'th Tiger)
- They have the power over nature, as they create a storm ( I'll give thee wind.)
- They can deprive people of sleep through torture.
- They can hurt/kill animals.
- They keep sinister and unpleasant objects such as body parts.
- Chant a curse, make spells and use the number 3.