"something wicked This Way Comes"

Question 1

What act/ scene is it? Context behind scene (what just happened) And what techniques? “Something wicked this way comes”

Answer 1

Act 4, scene 1, Macbeth is the king and he has just had banquo killed. This is after Macbeth went mad at the dinner seeing banquos ghost, and now he goes to the witches with the begging bowl.

This quote is cremamorphism (opposite of personification) Juxtaposition as well

Question 2

Use for kinship ““Something wicked this way comes”

Answer 2

Macbeth encounters the witches twice in this play, first time the witches come to Macbeth, yet the second time Macbeth visits the witches despite being king. This shows Macbeth who is king, who is known as God’s representative on earth (as he is king) not going to God for help but instead the witches who symbolise evil and idolise hellish behaviour motivated by the devil. Juxtaposes how a king should be behaving, therefore showing how Macbeth is not the rightful heir to the throne

Question 3

Use for Macbeth “Something wicked this way comes”

Answer 3

Shows transition of Macbeth’s character throughout the play as he is orignially known as “noble macbeth” however now he is referred to as wicked and evil. Even the witches who symbolise pure evil and represent the devil are even in disbelief of the state Macbeth is in, outlining the significant transition of morality Macbeth has undergone”

Adjective wicked, hightens the extent of his evilness

Question 4

Use for Lady Macbeth “Something wicked this way comes”

Answer 4

Lady Macbeth has blood on her hands-the blood of every single person Macbeth kills because she plays a part in something wicked, she is who creates this tyrannical monster, she is the reason Macbeth is referred to as “wicked”. She is the one who calls Macbeth a “coward” idea of responsibility.

Question 5

Use for witches “Something wicked this way comes”

Answer 5

The witches almost wipe their hands clean of responsibility, they speak about Macbeth as if he is much worse than them, strangely the witches plot and plan yet take no responsibility and accountability for what they’ve done.

Question 6

Use for Lady Macbeth and Macbeth relationship

Answer 6

Lady Macbeth has blood on her hands-the blood of every single person Macbeth kills because she plays a part in something wicked, she is who creates this tyrannical monster, she is the reason Macbeth is referred to as “wicked”. She is the one who calls Macbeth a “coward” showing that Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s relationship never contained love though instead it was a transactional relationship as for someone you love you don’t allow them to go down this path of evil let alone be the source of why he has done this