Who has read macbeth? can you tell me something about it?

Answer 1

William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, can easily be analyzed by its opening scene. In this scene, almost all of the impending action is foreshadowed if you know what you are looking for. The play opens with three witches chanting in an open field. One can almost hear the thunder and lightning in the background as the witches chant in a foreboding tone. The air is filled with ashes and smoke and the sky is dark and ominous. Before any action or lines are spoken, the very atmosphere of the first scene tells the reader that this is not going to be a happy play. Not much action occurs in this scene, but it sets the tone for the remainder of the play and hints toward events that are yet to come.

At first, scene one does not seem to be much of a beginning to the play. The first scene is extremely short and seemingly pointless. Its only function seems to be to introduce the witches into the play. However, on further analysis, the main themes of the play are hidden in the witches’ rhythmic chants. The last lines of the play become a recurring theme in Macbeth: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air” (I.i.12). As Macbeth is walking through the open field before he meets the witches he says, “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (I.iii.38).

The witches’ chants forecast the turmoil and treachery that is yet to come. One witch says that they will meet when “the hurly-burly’s done” (I.i.3). She is referring to the war that is occurring at that moment, but her comment also foretells the “hurly-burly” that is yet to come involving Macbeth’s murderous behavior. The line “Fair is foul and foul is fair” also refers to the events that will occur later in the play involving Macbeth’s desire to become king (I.i.12). Macbeth believes that it is fair for him to become king, but he must commit some foul deeds to secure the throne. Also, a person that commits foul deeds to be king may be considered to have rightfully and fairly won the throne. The witches’ chant forecasts the predicament that Macbeth will find himself in involving his acquisition of the kingship.

It may seem at first glance that Shakespeare lost his mind when he began writing Macbeth and started the play with a scene that does not seem to fit in to the rest of the action. However, the first scene is necessary to begin the play with the ominous and ill-omened tone that it requires, and upon further investigation, the witches’ chants foretell the type of events that will occur throughout the course of the play. I know this is only about the beginning of the play, but everything you need to know about the rest of the action can be inferred from this one scene if you look carefully enough.

Answer 2

You really need to read it yourself. Macbeth has so much complexity, is so layered, that any description misses out half of what is there.

But basically it is a story about how ambition can be a force for good or evil. A Scottish warrior achieves great success in battle, but then meets three witches, who tell him he will be king, and that he is invulnerable. His wife encourages him to murder the king, so that he will take his place. This murder leads to others, and finally the day of reckoning comes. The assurance of unvulnerability turns out to be a trick, and he is killed, having become a monstrous tyrant.

There is a lot in the play about how our behaviour can change if there is no come-back for us (and look at how some people behave when they are anonymous in forums), about how a quality is not good or evil in itself, but can be used for good or evil, how dangerous it can be to ignore the pricking of our conscience, and many other things.

Answer 3

Read the play. I love Shakespeare and Macbeth is my favorite.