Blog Entry: 3.2 Macbeth Video

         
                      This scene opens with the three witches who look so hideous that they caughtmy attention right away. The witches are in the mountains where the weather is misty and gloomy, and this adds an atmosphere of doom to the whole scene. Two older witches witout eyes are bathing the younger one who looks normal and plays the role of a servant or maybe a younger sister. The witches don't pay much attention to Macbeth and his companion, but they greet him as thane and king. What attracted me to this scene is the disinterested way the witches do their part to bring ruin to Macbeth. It is almost as if they just plant the seed of greed and ambition in Macbeth's heart and later on, the soldier cannot think of anything else. The atmosphere of the whole scene symbolizes danger and evil.Also the fact that the witches don't have eyes indicates contrasts the idea that they can see the future. This makes them seem almost supernatural and not human beings.  From my readings I understood that Blindness and sight are two common symbol in this kind of plays and Shakespeare uses this technique to connect the natural with the suernatural. The witches are also shown as old women which means they are wise and can see the future, but what really ruins Macbeth is his own ambition. The witches only povoked him to think about becoming king which is something he always wanted in his heart.