Literary Analysis of MacbethThe Roles of witches, scorcery, and visions in Macbeth

Literary Analysis of Macbeth:
~Explaining the role of the witches, ghosts, and visions in Macbeth~


William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on Avon on April 26th, 1564. He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18, and they had three children together. In Shakespeare’s lifetime he wrote many plays. Many of them were highly praised yet others were cast aside. The crowd always wanted to be more thoroughly entertained and Shakespeare always tried to keep up with the people’s needs. In 1605, Shakespeare was being hounded for another work of his genius. Hamlet and King Lear had just been completed and the people of England begged for more. Shakespeare, like many other playwrights, researched his subject. He decided to combine the reign of Macbeth and the murder of King Duff by Donwald. Macbeth is by far the shortest play that William Shakespeare wrote. The main reason he wrote it short wasn’t because he didn’t have a lot to say, but because King James was so impatient. Macbeth w...