Thorough and in-depth study or analysis of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" Act 1 Scene 1/ The opening scene of 'Macbeth' explained line by line and word for word

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Thorough and in-depth study or analysis of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" Act 1 Scene 1/ The opening scene of 'Macbeth' explained line by line and word for word

At the outset, we all must know that William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is a psychoanalytic tragedy that consists of five acts. Now, we shall discuss the opening scene (Act 1, Scene 1) of the said drama or the mentioned play.

In the tragedy "Macbeth", we get to know the three weird sisters or the three witches who meet in an abandoned place. Broadly speaking, it was a heath. When the three sisters came across one another, it was a hostile guise of nature; there was thunder and lightning. They resolved to re-meet in the same weather: "In thunder, lightning, or in rain".

In course of time, the First Witch's dialogue was completed. Thereafter, the Second Witch gave the suggestion that they should meet after the 'hurlyburly'. Apart from that, she gave the idea that they would meet when "the battle's lost and won". Candidly speaking, it was actually an equivocation.
Right next, the Third Weird Sister expressed her opinion that they would meet one another before the twilight or before the sunset.

They, finally, decided that they would meet one another on "the heath", that same old barren land in order to meet Macbeth.

After the tete-a-tete, they heard their pets crying. Hence, they were about to depart. Right at that moment, they vocalised their topsy turvy song:

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair:

Hover through the fog and filthy air."

Broadly speaking, the sisters equivocated in the very song too. Thus, the essence of the drama was summed up in their topsy turvy song of "hurly burly". The more we advance through the play, the more illuminated we become. Here, we come to know an example of Chiasmus, a literary rhetorical device.

However, needless still conspicuous to say, the playwright has used blank verse throughout the tragedy. His device is akin to our day-to-day conversation, while Shakespeare, the master craftsman, is rejoicing his poetic licence through and through.

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