Significance of the number three within Macbeth
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- Created on: 12-03-17 19:49
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- Significance of the Number 3
- Three Witches
- Three prophecies
- Thane of Glamis
- Thane of Cawdor
- King hereafter
- Three apparitions
- Macbeth's decapitated head
- Bloody child representing Macduff
- Child holding a tree representing Malcolm
- Catalysts of the downfall of Macbeth's character
- Only characters to consistently speak in rhyming couplets
- Three prophecies
- Considered to be an unlucky number in Shakespeare's time
- Contrast to the Holy Trinity
- Lord, Son, Holy Spirit
- Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, The Witches
- Act One, Scene THREE the turning point for Macbeth's character
- Anything that occurs in threes is usually an omen of death
- Three witches: Duncan's murder
- Three murderers: Banquo's murder
- Three apparitions: Macbeth's murder
- Three kings: Duncan, Macbeth & Malcolm
- Three Witches
- Context
- Within the play
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