Why is the play Macbeth cursed?

Answer 1

It has been speculated that the "Macbeth curse" originated from the fact that the play is extremely dark, often involving mist and fog, and has a number of swordfights. There are plenty of opportunities for people to hurt themselves. It has also been suggested that certain people wanted it to be considered cursed because it deals with Witches. However, there were other popular plays dealing with witches in Shakespeare's day, like "The Witch of Edmonton" or Middleton's "The Witch" which nobody considers to be cursed.

Bottom line: nobody knows for sure how it got started.

Answer 2

Well, it's just an old theatrical superstition that holds that the play is cursed. People have been known to be hurt when performing in it. This is true of a lot of plays. Perhaps more than usual have hurt themselves in Macbeth, which has dark and gloomy lighting, a lot of fog and mist and a lot of people wielding swords around.

Answer 3

James himself had previously published a book on witches and how to detect them. Because of this, Shakespeare decided to give his play a supernatural twist in another effort to please the King. For the opening scene of Act IV, he reproduced a sacred black-magic ritual in which a group of witches danced about a black cauldron, shouting out strange phrases and ingredients to be thrown into it.

Answer 4

You mean, why is there a curse on the Scottish play so that you are forbidden to even mention it in a theatre? There are a lot of tales of misfortunes which have occured in productions of this play. It is hard to know whether it has had more than its fair share. If it has, it may because the play is dark and often has fake smoke and mist in it, which, combined with the swordplay scenes, make it more than usually likely that something will go wrong.

Answer 5

some would say that because of him seeing his dead friend. but in story plot no.

Answer 6

The 'Macbeth' curse is as follows,

"When you say Macbeth while Macbeth is in production, fires, falls, and other mishaps supposedly come forth. Therefore, people do not say it.

Answer 7

It looks as though he is cursed from the outset, since the witches do their thing before he does anything wrong. It's not because he did the murder. If he's cursed, it's just his bad luck.

Answer 8

it was said in the Tudor era that if you said machbeth or talked adout it would be cursed but there is no proof that shakespear or 'the real Macbeth' cursed the play :)

Answer 9

Actors who star in it have a habit of dying.