The Role Of Jealousy In Macbeth

The play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is about a noblemen, Macbeth, who meets three weird sisters, who prophesy over his life, that he will be king one day. Macbeth becomes obsessed with fulfilling this prophesy, which results in his self-destruction. It can be argued, by making reference to the play as a whole, that the weird sisters play an important role in Macbeth. Shakespeare cleverly depicts the struggle between the supernatural and the natural world, entwining it with Macbeth’s ambition which results in disastrous action.
Shakespeare’s weird sisters play a vital role in the play, when in the opening scene, they inform the audience that, "fair is foul and foul is fair” thus creating the overall tone and mood of the play. They prophesy that Macbeth will revisit them for future predictions influence the direction of the play by convincing him that he is invincible, and that he can only be killed by a man not woman born and that Birnam Wood - a forest - will march on
Added to this, his wife commits suicide and Macbeth, with his guard down, is killed by Macduff. On page 29, Macbeth says, “If change will have me king, why change may crown me.” Macbeth clearly wanted the prophesies from the sisters to be true, thus becoming his own worst enemy. Macbeth’s fatal flaw was his, “vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself”.
Thus by making reference to the play in its entirety, it can be argued that the weird sisters play an important role in Macbeth as they influence him every step of the way. Shakespeare cleverly depicts the struggle between the supernatural and the natural world, by bringing in apparitions and introducing us to Lady Macbeth and her suicide, thus entwining it with Macbeth’s need for the supernatural and his love for his wife with his ambition, which results in disastrous