Three Tales

Say you were given a prophecy by three unknown witches out of the blue, would you believe in the knowledge they came to foretell? This play, the play of Macbeth is a tale of ambition, greed, and manipulation through others including strangers and loved ones. Macbeth the main character, is given a prophecy that he will become king by those three witches, yet this only leads mental frustration. Later, he is then informed that he will become thane of Cawdor, which leads him to think that the prophecy

would be action. Overall, the major themes of this play were the stories of Louis De Rougemont, the incredible tales that went on to be proven that they were too good to be true. This play’s setting takes place in 19th century London. The minor themes of this play were mental illness and their affects and love. In the audience, it is hard not to fall in love with Louis De Rougemont and his tale. This play is very clear who the protagonist is. The protagonist is Louis De Rougemont. Louis is a boy who

did not feel the spade and the sewer as [her] live body felt the fire” (92). Shakespeare depicts Joan, in Henry VI, as “a ‘troll,’ ‘witch,’ ‘strumpet,’ ‘foul fiend of France’ (qtd. in Sarawsat 90). Likewise, Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales represents the ‘wife of Bath Tale’ as bawdy. The protagonist Alison “still submits to the rule of patriarchal world”, she suffers because she is oppressed to the bone. She “struggles for respect in her own household”. That is why; she needs an inner upheaval to dispel

Witches' Brew and Fairy Dreams: A Genre Study of Shakespeare's Use of the Supernatural (Penn State University, English 444.2: Spring 1998) by Fred Coppersmith Near the end of the opening scene of Macbeth, Shakespeare's three Weird Sisters proclaim in unison that "fair is foul, and foul is fair," providing us, as readers, with perhaps the best understanding of the play's theme and the tragic downfall of its central character. That this revelation -- this pronouncement that all is not well in Scotland

powerful than them and ends up consuming them. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy of Macbeth it tells a tale about a man who stumbles upon a vision of his future of riches. He and his wife become so obsessed with their new fate that they were willing to take drastic measures to get there. The beginning of the play it shows the great soldier Macbeth and his comrade Banquo after battle, they stumble upon three witches who tell them about their future of royalty and power. With this new vision Macbeth shares

everything was as it seemed, and truth was hidden by a veil of ugliness. When a lusty knight must prove himself to be a gentleman after he rapes a young maiden, he discovers that which every man wants to know: what women truly want. According to the tale told by the Wife of Bath, “Women desire to have sovereignty/ As well over their husbands as their loves, / And to be in mastery them above” (Chaucer 1044-1046). This statement means that to be masters over their husbands is the ultimate desire of all

going our way, but some cannot handle the elation. It is human nature to continuously want more, though we must not let this greed consume us and lead us into a state of insanity. William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, tells the tale of a Scottish war hero who is met by three witches, who share with him a multitude of prophecies, which detail his soon coming achievements, such as becoming king. These supernatural predictions spark his dormant ambitions, causing him to succumb to greed and become trapped

Tragedy of Macbeth and Oedipus the king’s tragic downfalls will be compared. Macbeth is a selfish man who wants to be king because of the prophecy given to him by three mysterious witches. On the other hand Oedipus is a caring man who tries to save his people from the plague in order to stop it he had to fulfill his prophecy. The terrible tales of Macbeth and Oedipus the two noblemen explore their fate into a deceiving death in this comparison the side of Oedipus is more convincing and sympathetic unlike

son a huge event in his life (creating influence on the play King Lear), but the death of his father and sister were also very important when it came to playwriting King Lear. Child mortality was so common when Shakespeare was young that one out of three children would die by the age of ten (Greenblatt). Shakespeare was only fourteen when his seven year old sister, Anne, passed away due to probably disease (Greenblatt). Seeing death among younger children was common and Shakespeare must have witnessed

have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir” (1.3.143). When he speaks to King Duncan, he sounds honourable and loyal to the throne. However, it is soon revealed that Macbeth does not care for the king and has taken great interest in the three witches’ prediction. Macbeth is a man that is easily swayed since he is full of ambition, yet has a moral conscience. Lady Macbeth pushes Macbeth