Day: 11 October 2016

Metaphysics is when you act like something or someone is real. It may or may not be real but normally is not.

“You should be women, and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so.” This shows how Banquo has metaphorically described the witches when we do not know if their existence is real or not.

Another example which should be more lucid is once the three witches are introduced in the beginning of the play telling Macbeth three prophesies. “He will be thane of Cawdor, thane of glams and king.” These prophesies introduce Macbeth into the ideas of greatness, he will eventually follow through killing king Duncan. This brings into the play, the idea of fate. Macbeth is not or has not been announced as king yet so it’s not reality right now.

Pathetic fallacy is when the mood in a peice of the play is interpreted by the weather and natural environment.

An example is in Act 1 Scene 1, “Fair is foul, foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air.”

This is an example of pathetic fallacy as this quote has shown how the mood of the play being “foul” interpreted by the weather being ” foggy and filthy”.

Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something which part/ or all of the cast does not know.

For example in Macbeth “Act 1 Scene 4”, Macbeth was saying “aside” how he had to become king. “The prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies.”

This is a clear indication of Macbeths venomous attempt to become king.