2. Something Wicked this way comes

• Juxtaposition


  Placing two contrasting ideas side by side to highlight the difference between them
• Macbeth has become evil

  The witches call him "something wicked"
• The witches are witches


  They call Macbeth wicked, highlighting how bad he has become
• Macbeth has changed


  The witches believe they are innocent and point to Macbeth as the bad guy
• The supernatural is not as powerful as thought


  Macbeth has surpassed the witches in evilness
• Macbeth is an imposter as king

  He doesn't belong in the crown, he isn't worthy of being king
• Macbeth was referred to as "brave"


  Now he is referred to as "something", showing how much he has changed
• Lady Macbeth was the catalyst for Macbeth's change


  She told him to "act like an innocent flower but be the serpent under it"
• Chremamorphism


  Giving human features to an object, the opposite of personification
• "Something"


  Dehumanises and objectifies Macbeth
• The witches mock Macbeth's place with the crown

  His kingship is fake
• The witches see Macbeth's evilness


  He is seen as an object by them, lacking confidence
• "something wicked this way comes"


  Juxtaposition
• "something wicked this way comes"- WITCHES

  • Shows how evil Macbeth has become
  • The witches are calling his evil- Wicked- It ironises the fact that they are witches them self
  • Evil calling something evil- Contrasting ideas- JUXTAPOSITION
  • The witches believe they are innocent in Macbetsh change becasue they just used a word
  • Supernatural is not that powerfull as we thought
• "Something wicked this way comes" Kingship

  • Macbeth has surpassed witches in evilness
  • Macbeth is an imposter when wearing the crown
  • He isn't worthy of the crown
• "Something wicked this way comes"- Macbeth

  • First reffered as brave and now as something
  • Macbeth has changed
• "something wicked this way comes" Lady Macbeth

  Lady Macbeth has a hand in this change "act like an innocent flower but be the serpent under it"- shows the serpent has now taken other

  Lady Macbeth was the catalyst for his change
• Zoom In: Chremamorphism- opposite of Personification- Give a human features of an object
• Explaination of zoom in

  • "Something"- dehumanises him/ objectifies him
  • Witches see his evilness
  • Stereotypically woman were always objectified and the fact that woman were objectifying a man defeats the society
  • The witches mock his place with the crown
  • Macbeth kingship is fake
  • Seen like an object by the itches- lack of confidence