Question

How does Shakespeare refer to the Bible in the description Hamlet's father gives of how he was killed?

A) Shakespeare refers to the famous story of Jacob wrestling the angel.
B) Shakespeare refers to the doctrine of the Virgin Birth of baby Jesus.
C) Shakespeare refers to the sin Noah committed of drinking too much wine.
D) Shakespeare refers to the Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden by Satan's deceit.

Answer 1

In a dark cavern, a bubbling cauldron hisses and spits, and the three witches suddenly appear onstage. They circle the cauldron, chanting spells and adding bizarre ingredients to their stew—“eye of newt and toe of frog, / Wool of bat and tongue of dog” (4.1.14–15). Hecate materializes and compliments the witches on their work.