Would Shakespeare been happy?

I have read many plays of one of the greatest writers of all time. William Shakespeare. I know many quotes and many lines of the plays. Although most people in high school hated having to learn such plays and reading old English, but I enjoyed reading a story. A story that was acted out. Now I am reading the entire Harry Potter series and I am on the third book now. I also watched the movies first. Currently, I am reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. As I have been reading the books thus far, I noticed a few things. A lot of the magical names and spells are using common Latin words. I liked that. Since I learned Spanish, I became more familiar of the Latin roots, and I found that amusing. However, as I was watching the movie Prizoner of Azkaban, I noticed this lovely song.

And they were singing and saying, “Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. ” As I heard that, and my siblings were watching it with me, I said, “holy crap.. that’s from MacBeth!” They said “what?” I said, “that’s what the witches said in MacBeth!”

How did I remember that? Well, maybe cause the reason I liked MacBeth was because of the witches. Yet now, in the most famous modern book of all time, I see a song from the most famous writer of all time. Seriously, don’t you think the ancestors of William Shakespeare should have gotten some credit? I am really enjoying reading the series, and I loved the movies, but how much of history’s great works used in these books?

So I came up with a hypothetical situation. William Shakespeare at his time decided to write about witches. Witches at his time were very much satanic and they were burned at the stake. So somehow Shakespeare wanted to glorify and use the witches in his plays. Maybe his mom was a wizard. Who knows! So at the same time, the witching world, especially the ones at Hogwarts, were very pleased of his work. They thought finally the muggles were mentioning them and making them more likable and accepted by the muggle world. So a song was composed from the play, and became a trademark to the wizarding world.

That’s my analysis.

However, I love the books. I love how history and other famous plays were brought into this book. Very interesting and used at perfect spots! But let’s give credit to William Shakespeare ok..

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