All about macbeth by william shakespeare5/27/2023 ![]() In a largely uneducated society, heavily influenced by the church, most people believed in magic. ![]() ![]() In any case, portraying witchcraft onstage was a bold move in 1606. Some academics think this indicates that the scenes were not written by Shakespeare, though no one has yet found evidence that their true authors were witches. As Shakespeare's verse usually uses pentameter, it’s unusual and ‘sounds a bit witchy’, says Bellwood. The idea may have been fuelled by the fact that the witches' verse is written in tetrameter, with four rhythmic ‘feet' to each line. He would have been inspired by something,’ she says. ‘He'd have come across people who dabbled in herbal treatments and medicines. Anjna Chouhan of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust says it's possible that Shakespeare could have gathered ideas for those scenes from real encounters. While she can't confirm the existence of black magic, Dr. ![]() ![]() Some say that simply including the spells was enough to put a jinx on Macbeth, others that the witches became angry that the spells used were incomplete, and cursed the play to exact their revenge. One theory is that the play was cursed when Shakespeare used elements of ‘real’ spells in the scenes that feature the witches. The origins of a legend Photo: Clive Sherlock ![]()
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