Macbeth
...in one moment, would you capture it, or just let it slip?" This famous line sung by the local hip hop phenomenon, Marshall Mathers (Eminem), is one that we all can relate to. Everyone has a dream, or some sort of goal that they strive for; moreover, we all have a mentor, a guardian, or someone in our lives that pushes us to go the extra mile to reach that goal. Similarly, in The Tragedy of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, the characteristics and prophecies of the three witches are used to express the idea of perverse in the play, establish the atmosphere, and aid Macbeth in his pursuit of power, but don't cause the tragic consequences of his actions.
The symbolic prophecies of the witches represent the evil in Macbeth himself, but also the perverse events surrounding him. Throughout the play, the idea of equivocation is used to establish a sense of things and situations seeming to be different from what they actually are. "Fair is foul and foul is fair"(1, 1, 12) is the first sign of equivocation in the play, and this line is spoken, of course, by one of the weird sisters. This idea "fair is foul and foul is fair" (1, 1, 12) will follow Macbeth throughout the play; consequently, Macbeth himself becomes an example of equivocation. By inviting King Duncan into his home it seems that Macbeth is performing a warm, noble gesture for his king; however the audience knows that Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, have an ulterior, perverse motive: they plan to murder Duncan in order to obtain the crown for Macbeth. Macbeth is reminded of his perverse behavior shortly after he murders Duncan. An old man comes into the scene and begins to speak of events surrounding Macbeth and the rest of the characters before the murder. "'Tis unnatural. One Tuesday last, a falcon, tow ring in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed"(2, 4, 14-19). When...
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