The witches are the first characters we see in the play in Act one Scene one- A prologue of evil. They plan to meet Macbeth when the fighting has finished. “When the hurly Burley’s done”
From the very beginning of the play the witches are planning to give Macbeth the news of his future and so lead to his downfall. They speak to each other about their next action, to meet with Macbeth. The setting in which Shakespeare first presents the witches is On the Moor with thunder and lightening in the background. It is unusual the way the three witches meet in a storm. This atmosphere implies that the witches are frightening and its very location ‘On the Moor’ a remote and isolated waste land area, gives a scary feeling.
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They plant ideas in his head, or perhaps draw out ideas which were in his head already.
“All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!”
“All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!”
“All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be King hereafter.”
The words “that shalt be King hereafter,” I think have a very important part in the downfall of Macbeth. These five words have placed an idea in Macbeth’s mind, or else brought to fruition an idea which was hidden in there already. From this point onwards Macbeth’s ambition is to become King at any cost.
They greet him as Thane of Glamis (which he already is,) Thane of Cawdor (which he doesn’t yet know about,) and ‘King’ hereafter. Banquo asks Macbeth why he starts and seems to fear (obviously Macbeth has guilty thoughts and the prophecies prick his conscience.)
Banquo asked if the witches were imaginary or as real as they seem to be. He says that they greeted his friend (Macbeth) with his present titles, with prophecy of future nobility and with promise of royalty. He seems amazed. In contrast Macbeth is stunned to silence by their prophecies, while Banquo questions them calmly, showing that the witches don’t have the same affect on him.
Macbeth is fascinated by what he has heard and wants to hear more.
“Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more.”
He says, by his fathers he knows
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Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! // All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!”(act 1.scene 3. Lines 49-51). The witches are persuading Macbeth that he will be king. The witches then disappeared and Macbeth and Banquo are trying to figure out why the witches would say that.
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Mchawi ni wahusika wa kwanza tunaona katika mchezo katika Kitendo cha kwanza Scene moja- Prologue ya uovu. Wanapanga kukutana na Macbeth wakati mapigano yatakapomalizika. "Wakati hurly Burley ni kufanyika" Kutoka mwanzo kabisa wa mchezo wa wachawi ni mipango ya kutoa Macbeth habari ya siku zijazo zake na hivyo kusababisha kuanguka kwake. Wanazungumza juu ya hatua yao inayofuata, kukutana na Macbeth. Mazingira ambayo Shakespeare anawasilisha wachawi kwa mara ya kwanza ni On the Moor na ngurumo na umeme nyuma. Ni jambo lisilo la kawaida jinsi wachawi hao watatu wanavyokutana katika dhoruba. Hali hii inaonyesha kwamba wachawi ni ya kuogopesha na eneo lake lenyewe 'On the Moor' eneo la mbali na lililojitenga la ardhi tupu, hutoa hisia ya kutisha. Mchawi huongea na... huonyesha yaliyomo zaidi... Wao hupanda mawazo katika kichwa chake, au labda huchora mawazo ambayo yalikuwa tayari katika kichwa chake. <unk>Salamu zote, Macbeth! Salamu kwako, Thane wa Glamis! <unk> <unk> Salamu zote, Macbeth! Salamu kwako, Thane wa Cawdor! <unk> <unk> Salamu zote, Macbeth! "Hii ni kwa sababu ya maneno ""nawe utakuwa mfalme"" ambayo ni sehemu muhimu ya kuanguka kwa Macbeth." Maneno hayo matano yameweka wazo katika akili ya Macbeth, au yametokeza wazo ambalo lilikuwa limefichwa hapo tayari. Kuanzia wakati huo na kuendelea tamaa ya Macbeth ni kuwa Mfalme kwa gharama yoyote ile. Wao salamu yake kama Thane ya Glamis (ambayo yeye tayari ni,) Thane ya Cawdor (ambayo yeye hajui bado kuhusu,) na 'Mfalme' baadaye. Banquo anamuuliza Macbeth kwa nini anaanza na anaonekana kuogopa (inaonekana Macbeth ana mawazo ya hatia na unabii huchoma dhamiri yake). Banquo aliuliza ikiwa wachawi walikuwa wa kuwaziwa au walikuwa halisi kama walivyoonekana kuwa. "Wanafunzi wa Biblia walimkaribisha rafiki yake Macbeth kwa kumpa vyeo vya sasa, na kutabiri kwamba angekuwa mtu mashuhuri na kuwa mfalme.""" Anaonekana kushangaa. Kinyume chake Macbeth anashtushwa na unabii wao na kunyamaza, wakati Banquo anawauliza kwa utulivu, akionyesha kwamba wachawi hawana athari sawa juu yake. Macbeth anapendezwa na yale ambayo amesikia na anataka kusikia mengi zaidi. "Kama ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" ni pamoja na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na ""mimi"" na "" Dada watatu wa ajabu wanamtayarishia Macbeth mshangao ambao mwishowe utamgharimu maisha na wokovu wa roho yake. Utabiri wa wachawi una fungu muhimu sana katika kumwongoza Macbeth kwenye matendo maovu. "Mashahidi wa Biblia wanaamini kwamba ""mshtuko wa Macbeth"" ulitokea kwa sababu ya tukio moja tu katika maisha yake." Kama tukio hilo la kukutana na wachawi halingekuwa, Macbeth angekuwa raia mwaminifu na mwenye kuheshimika wa Mfalme Duncan na baadaye wa Mfalme Malcolm. Hata hivyo, mkutano huo ulifanyika na nguvu kubwa ya tamaa ya makuu ilitolewa ndani ya Macbeth na Lady Macbeth. Ni mchanganyiko wa mambo haya mawili, mkutano na wachawi na mashetani wa ndani ya Macbeth, ambayo husababisha msiba, na kufanya mchezo 'wenye kutisha' katika maana ya Aristotelian. Kwa moja kwa moja watazamaji huona ushirika wa Macbeth na wachawi kuwa ushirika na shetani. Wakati mchezo huu ulipoandikwa, wachawi walionwa kwa njia tofauti kabisa na ilivyo leo. Wakati huo wachawi walionwa kuwa watoto wa mashetani, au sehemu ya kuzimu duniani. Wahusika hao waliwavutia watazamaji kwa njia fulani hivi kwamba waliathiri vibaya mchezo huo. Watu walipendezwa na viumbe wa ajabu, walikuwa na hamu ya kuelewa wahusika hao. Kwa kuingiza wachawi katika mchezo, wachawi ni kichocheo cha uhalifu wa Macbeth, kwa sababu wanamshinda kwamba atakuwa mfalme. Macbeth anawaona wachawi wakirudi kutoka vita vyao vya kutisha, na wanamkaribisha kwa majina ya heshima. Mwanzoni wanamsalimu kama Thane wa Glamis na Thane wa Cawdor, lakini ni salamu yao ya mwisho ambayo ina athari kubwa kwa Macbeth. Wachawi wanamsifu Macbeth kuwa mtu <unk>ambaye atakuwa mfalme baada ya hapo!<unk> (1.3.53). Jambo hilo huwasha moto ndani ya Macbeth, ambaye ni mtu mwenye tamaa kubwa sana ya makuu. Alianza kuota ndoto kuhusu maisha ya kifahari ambayo angekuwa nayo kama angekuwa mfalme wa Scotland na ghafla akajaribu kumuua Mfalme Duncan. Ingawa utabiri wa wachawi ni mzuri, Macbeth hana sababu ya kuamini, angalau mpaka moja ya utabiri wao mwingine uonekane kuwa kweli. Katika sehemu hii ya riwaya, Macbeth anatumia wachawi kama mwongozo wa maisha yake. Uwezo wa kuamini kwamba mtu yeyote aliyezaliwa na mwanamke hawezi kumdhuru, hufanya mtu huyo awe na uhakika wa uwongo. Hata katika hatua hii, Macbeth bado ana chaguo la kuamini au kutowaamini wachawi. Dada hao wa ajabu hawakuweka uchawi wowote juu yake; wamemjaza tu akili yake ya pupa na hisia ya usalama na nguvu kwa ajili ya ufalme. Wachawi wanalaumiwa kwa sehemu kwa ajili ya kuanguka kwa Macbeth kwa sababu ya kutofautisha na habari zenye kupotosha. "Mwanzoni mwa mchezo huo, wachawi wanasema kwamba Macbeth ""atakuwa mfalme baadaye,"" wakitabiri kile kitakachotokea katika mchezo huo." Katika sehemu hii, inaonekana kwamba mawimbi yamebadilika, na Macbeth sasa amezungukwa sana na unabii, kwani Macbeth hugundua kwamba sehemu ya unabii umetimizwa na jina la 'Thane wa Cawdor' limewekwa kwake. Macbeth anaendelea kuwa na wasiwasi juu ya uwezekano wa unabii wote kutimia, Banquo anakuwa na kusita kuelekea unabii. Ni hotuba hii ya Banquo ambayo inafafanua sababu zake za kuwa mwangalifu sana katika athari yake kwa unabii. Mchezo wa "Macbeth" na William Shakespeare umebuniwa na nguvu za ajabu kwa kutumia wachawi wa ajabu, kuonekana kwa roho, na kisu kinachoelea. Nguvu hizo humfanya Macbeth atende kwa njia aliyofanya na kuongeza msisimko katika mchezo huo. Mchezo huanza na wachawi watatu, na baadaye Macbeth na Banquo wanakutana nao. Walitabiri kwamba Macbeth atapandishwa cheo kuwa Thane wa Cawdor, na kisha kuwa Mfalme wa Scotland. Kwa kuongezea, Banquo aliambiwa kwamba wanawe watakuwa wafalme, lakini yeye mwenyewe hatakuwa wafalme kamwe. Macbeth alikuwa na shaka juu ya unabii, lakini hadi baadhi ya watu wa Mfalme Duncan walipokuja kumjulisha Macbeth kwamba alikuwa ametajwa kuwa Thane wa Cawdor kwa sababu ya uhaini wa zamani na kuhukumiwa kifo. "Mashahidi watatu katika tragedy ""Macbeth"" ni kuanzishwa katika mwanzo wa mchezo na ufunguzi mfupi wa matukio machache kutoa hisia ya haraka: ""Wakati huu inaweza kuonyesha udhibiti, wakati wa mchezo wa uchawi ni kutabiri na kuona siku zijazo.""" Huenda walimwona Macbeth akikutana nao "Upon the heath", na hivyo walijua kwamba ingetokea bila wao kuwa na kutenda. "Mchawi wa pili anasema ""kitu kibaya kinakuja njia hii"" (IV, I, 45), akidokeza kwamba Macbeth ni tabia mbaya na maono yatakuja hivi karibuni." Huenda wachawi walikuwa wakimngojea Macbeth na walikuwa wakijitayarisha kwa ajili ya kuingia kwake katika eneo hilo. Salamu kwako, Thane wa Cawdor! """Habari zote, Macbeth, ambaye atakuwa mfalme baada ya haya!"" (Sheria ya kwanza, sehemu ya tatu)." (Mstari wa 49-51) Wachawi wanamshawishi Macbeth kwamba atakuwa mfalme. "Mashahidi hao wanakutana na Macbeth na Banquo, ambao wanajaribu kugundua ni kwa nini mashahidi hao wanasema hivyo.""" Macbeth, Banquo na Lady Macbeth wote huitikia kwa njia tofauti kwa unabii wa wachawi. Macbeth anaambiwa na wachawi kwamba atapewa taji la kuwa Taji wa Cawdor. Mwanzoni, yeye huamini jambo hilo na haonyeshi hisia zozote anapomwambia jambo hilo, kwa kuwa linaonekana kuwa zuri sana. Lakini wakati wachawi kuondoka anaanza kufikiri ya jinsi kubwa ingekuwa kuwa thane. Mambo ambayo angeweza kufanya, fursa. Katika hatua ya ufunguzi wa mchezo huu Macbeth ni askari ambaye amerudi tu kutoka vita. Makapteni wanazungumza kwa heshima juu ya ujasiri, ujasiri, na ujasiri wa Macbeth. Kwa ghafula Macbeth anakutana na wachawi watatu. Wachawi hao wanamwambia, "Salamu, Macbeth! "Mfalme wa Glamis, mfalme wa Cawdor, ambaye atakuwa mfalme, wakati Macbeth alikuwa akidhibiti vitendo vyake, aliathiriwa kwa urahisi na mambo ya nje, ikiwa ni pamoja na mke wake na wachawi katika mchezo.""" Macbeth pia aliruhusu uhitaji wake mwenyewe wa kumridhisha mkewe umsukumie kufanya jambo ambalo hangefanya akiwa na akili timamu. Macbeth alijiambia kwamba kwa sababu tu wachawi walikuwa sahihi wakati mmoja, kwamba walikuwa na ufahamu wa kweli, kwa hiyo aliwaamini. Utajiri na nguvu za kuwa mfalme zilimvutia Macbeth, lakini uvutano wa nje ndio uliomfanya Macbeth apate vitu hivi.