'With detailed reference to the text (Act 1 scenes 1-3) analyse the dramatic significance and the effect of the opening of the play' Macbeth was written in the 1600s by William Shakespeare. It was one of his tragedies. A tragedy is a play that ends in death and the hero or main character gets killed. I am going to be analysing the dramatic significance and the effect of the opening of the play with detailed reference …showed first 75 words of 1499 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1499 total…he believes them and it is as if he is under their spell. The witches also say lines which confuses us "When the battles lost and won." The witches have power over Macbeth as he believes what they are telling him. Although the first scene is exceptionally short, it manages to tell the audience that the witches will meet again, "When the hurly-burly's done, after the battle, on a heath and they will confront Macbeth.