FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Even the witches think Macbeth is evil.
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Macbeth has not done anything evil yet.
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The witches know that their evil masters will soon appear.
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The witches think that Hecate is near.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the beginning of Act IV, a witch calls out “Something wicked this way comes” just as Macbeth approaches. What can you infer from her comment? Even the witches think Macbeth is evil. The witches know that their evil masters will soon appear.
Detailed explanation-2: -Witch 2 says, “By the pricking of my thumb, Something wicked this way comes.” Who comes? Macbeth comes.
Detailed explanation-3: -When the second witch says, “Something wicked this way comes, ” what does this tell the audience? The witches recognize Macbeth as evil. Early in Act IV of The Tragedy of Macbeth, the witches show Macbeth an apparition of Banquo and several kings.
Detailed explanation-4: -So for the witches to say “something wicked this way comes” talking about Macbeth is extremely ironic because they are considered of the upmost evil and for the witches to classify Macbeth as wicked or bad, speaks volumes of his actions.
Detailed explanation-5: -Spoken by the three witches, “something wicked this way comes” is a line from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Shakespeare’s “something wicked” refers to Macbeth, who carries the seeds of his own downfall within him.