Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none

This quote uses the literary element of a couplet because, the words knell and hell rhyme creating a sentence that sticks out to the audience and has more importance than the monologue before it in Macbeth's speech. It is almost as if it is a separate idea to what Macbeth has already said. Shakespeare wanted to emphasize the ringing of a bell to signify when Macbeth was going to murder Duncan and how dramatic it would be, since it would be offstage and out of sight. By the end of this sentence, we now know that Macbeth has decided to kill Duncan and proceeds to do so.

Elision can refer to two different things. It can be the omission of a letter in a word to create a specified amount of syllables or it can be used to omit a scene, as on a stage during a play, from the audience; offstage events. The first type of elision may have been used to shorten the amount of speech each character had like 'tis instead of it is. The second type of elision is more understandable for us. He clearly lived in a time where technology and certain techniques were not invented to help carry his vision across easily. With this in mind, we can see why Shakespeare would leave out certain scenes from performances of his plays. For example, when   Duncan is murdered offstage, this is because it would have been too grotesque to show so much blood in a play atmosphere, so Shakespeare made it an offstage event but allowed it's dramatic effect to last through the emotion of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

In act 1 scene 3, the three witches are talking to each other and the witch tells us a story about a sailor's wife who "had chestnuts in her lap, munching away." The witch asked the sailor's wife to give the chestnuts to her and the wife refused. The witch responded with, "Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his penthouse lid. He shall live a man forbid. Weary sev'nnights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine." Through my personal research, i have discovered the true meaning of chestnuts. They help to symbolize prevention, foresight, fertility, provision, and longevity. This is why it makes sense that the witch would want chestnuts so badly. Throughout the play, we are told the fates of Macbeth and Banquo from the witches foresight. Shakespeare could be suggesting that through chestnuts, witches are able to use them to see into the future but, can't be very descriptive about it.

There are many references to witches throughout the play, but why? Well, it was said that the king of Scotland at the time was very interested in witchcraft and Shakespeare had to incorporate witches in order to obtain approval to make the play itself. While this could be the reason Shakespeare made witches a key character in his play, he had always decided to implement witchcraft into his plays in some way. In The Tempest, Prospero comments that Caliban’s ‘‘mother was a witch, and one so strong that could control the moon.’’ In Macbeth, the three weird sisters are not always referred to as witches, they are also called "instruments of darkness", "midnight hags", and "nights black agents". This detail is to show the audience that these witches are not from our natural universe. Thus showing his personal knowledge of witchcraft and it's capabilities.

Macbeth was a brave king in real life and had better morals compared to Macbeth in the play. He killed Duncan in battle where he could fight for his life, instead of in bed where he was defenseless and clueless about what was happening. He was respected for his strong leadership qualities and was a wise king who ruled successfully for 17 years. He did indeed live in a fortified castle in Dunsinane during his rein and his rule was secure enough for him to go on a pilgrimage to Rome in 1050. He ended up losing in battle against Malcolm, but he did not die. He instead had to give Malcolm his lands and continued to rule.