We see him do this by giving Lady Macbeth and the witches "manly" traits and making Macbeth seem very feminine. ... At seven the man would go to school for a short time until his father deemed that it was time for him to take up the family trade and help his father. ... When his father died he would take over the entire trade and begin the cycle with his child once again. ... One of the less obvious examples of gender reversal/breaking would be the witches. ... The first witch makes it blatantly obvious not to mess with the witches because she will " drain him dry as hay&quo...

• Word Count: 1258
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Act 1 Scene 3 returns to the witches from the beginning of the play. ... The first witch hails Macbeth, then calls him Thane Of Glamis. ... This is a prediction from the witches, that Macbeth will become King. Banquo questions the witches" speech and remains calm. ... Macbeth becomes worried and very curious towards the witches. ...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

And finally, Macbeth's guilt and self-destruction can relate with that of the small child in the poem "The Child Who Walks Backwards" by Lorna Crozier. ... He regrets ever listening to the witches. The character of "The Child Who Walks Backwards" by Lorna Crozier, is a young child who is either mentally disabled or blind. This child constantly runs into things, trips, falls, and physically hurts himself. ... Robert, the character from the short story "Test" relates and contrasts with Macbeth's guilty conscience, Liam's character in the short story "Bluffing" relates with Mac...

• Word Count: 1628
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Three witches plan to meet with Macbeth upon a heath (maybe Macbeth should be pronounced Macbeeth to rhyme with heath?). They announce the major theme of the play: appearances are deceiving. That's the foul is fair stuff. You know, what's good will be bad, what's bad will be good. This will be repea...

• Word Count: 1879
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School