Macbeth Act IV

Scene I:

• Imgery is very powerful tool in this scene. The witches use graphic and horrific images in there 'cauldron' like 'birth strangled babe' which creates a sense of the supernautral in this scene. The images that they use are very evil - this reflects thier nature and provees that it is not wise for Macbeth to trust them threrfore proving no good can come out of his endevours. also the withces refer to Macbeth as 'Wicked' so he must be evil.  As supernatural is a common theme in the Gothic - this scene is a key footstone in this genre.
• The witches talk in rhyming couplets which gives the language a recitive and chant like feel. Macbeth also starts speaking like this in line 94 which could reflect how his charcter has changed to become more like the witches.
• Each apparition is signifcant to Macbeths down fall and relate to his life. The first, an armed head,