Witches

• " Fair is foul and foul is fair" Act 1


  > Deceit, everything is not what it seems
• "Drain him dry as hay" Act 1


  > Sexual connotations with a witch and sailor

  > THEME: Violence
• " Finger of a birth strangled babe" Act 4


  > Vivid description of a strangled baby

  > Links to King James' Book of Demonology as witches tend to use grotesque parts of creatures for spells

  > THEME: Violence
• "Out damn spot..." Act 5


  > Could be the witches influence of LMB's lunacy

  > Shows an absence of guilt of the Witches (Typically are)

  > THEME: Guilt
• "Thunder, lightning or in rain" Act 1


  > In King James' demonology, witches said to manipulate wind and the seas

  > THEME: Supernatural
• "Armed Head" / "Bloody Child" / "Child Crowned, with a tree in his hand" Act 4


  > 3 apparitions conjured up by the witches to tell Macbeth's future

  > King James' Demonology, witches have the ability to foresee the future

  > THEME: Supernatural
• "None of women born shall harm Macbeth" Act 4


  > Macduff was a c-section baby and in those times did not count as being born if women

  > Lulls Macbeth into a false sense of security of feeling invincible
• "Stay you imperfect speakers. Tell me more" Act 1


  > Use of commanding imperative verbs of "Stay" and "Tell" + Full-stop for hesitation, shows him as tempted and intrigued

  > Adjective "imperfect" is an accurate depiction of the witches ?

  > THEME: Supernatural
• "Security is mortal's chiefest enemy" Act 3


  > Agent of chaos, Hecate and witches

  > Link to "Fair is foul...."

  > THEME: Appearance vs. reality / Ambition