{"id":161050,"date":"2021-01-06T22:53:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T22:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-quests-macbeth-parody-good\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T22:53:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T22:53:50","slug":"why-the-witcher-3s-macbeth-parody-is-actually-genius-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/06\/why-the-witcher-3s-macbeth-parody-is-actually-genius-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Witcher 3’s Macbeth Parody is Actually Genius | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Witcher 3<\/em><\/strong> is lauded by many as one of the best RPGs of the last generation. However, for an immersive fantasy game, there\u2019s one element of The Witcher<\/em>\u2019s world which feels totally out of place in the main quest.<\/p>\n

The journal entry for the Crones and the quest Reason of State both heavy-handedly reference Shakespeare\u2019s Macbeth<\/em>, going as far to directly quote the play in the game\u2019s main plot despite\u00a0Shakespeare not existing in The Witcher<\/em>\u2019s universe. While this may seem like an immersion-breaking reference, it\u2019s actual a stroke of genius that makes perfect sense in the world of The Witcher 3<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Aside from the Ladies of Crookback Bog<\/a> themselves, there\u00a0are two main direct textual references to Macbeth<\/em> in The Witcher 3<\/em>. The first can be found in the journal entry for the Crones, which reads:<\/p>\n

\u201cSister crones, hand in hand, terrors of the sea and land, thus do go about, about: thrice to thine and thrice to mine, and thrice again, to make up nine.<\/em> Macveth, Act 1, Scene 3<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

This is an almost word-for-word reference to Act 1, Scene 3 of Macbeth<\/em><\/a> and an incantation spoken by the three witches, which goes:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe weird sisters, hand in hand,<\/em> Posters of the sea and land,<\/em> Thus do go about, about:<\/em> Thrice to thine and thrice to mine<\/em> And thrice again, to make up nine.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Macbeth<\/em> is directly referenced far later in the game as well, during the quest Reasons of State. Here, Dijkstra<\/a> quotes Macbeth himself, revealing his presence with \u201cif it were done when \u2018tis done, t\u2019were well it were done quickly,\u201d a part of Macbeth\u2019s famous monologue as he commits fully to the murder of King Duncan. Dijkstra explains that this is a quote from \u201cVakmeth, Act 1, Scene 7,\u201d which is also where the line can be found in Macbeth<\/em>. It\u2019s unclear why there\u2019s a discrepancy between \u201cMacveth\u201d as referenced in the Crone journal entry and \u201cVakmeth,\u201d but\u00a0the different placement of the letter V\u00a0could likely be explained in the same way that Shakespeare was spelled multiple ways at the time. Spelling of proper nouns at the time was hardly ever consistent, with Shakespeare also reportedly spelling his own name 6 different ways.<\/p>\n

The bigger question is why CD Projekt Red included such an on-the-nose reference in The Witcher 3<\/em><\/a>. Many players could find such a direct reference immersion breaking; it implies that someone came up with an almost identical play to Macbeth in The Witcher<\/em> universe, and reminds the player of the real world when they\u2019re trying to immerse themselves in a fantasy one. However, there\u2019s a reason The Witcher 3<\/em>\u2019s Macbeth<\/em> parody is a stroke of genius that actually makes perfect sense in-universe, as well as other similarities to reality.<\/p>\n

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1500 years before the events of The Witcher<\/em> was an event known as the Conjunction of the Spheres<\/a>. It shook up the entire multiverse, trapping creatures from different dimensions across all sorts of different realities. It\u2019s the reason there are monsters in the world of The Witcher <\/em>at all,\u00a0as well as non-humans like elves and dwarves.<\/p>\n

According to the elves, humans themselves did not originate in the universe in which The Witcher<\/em> takes place, but arrived their after the Conjunction of the Spheres destroyed their own reality. That doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that the humans in The Witcher<\/em> came from this reality in-canon, but the Conjunction of the Spheres does explain some aspects from our reality like Macbeth<\/em> being found in The Witcher<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0world<\/a> \u2013 elements from all universes were displaced.<\/p>\n

As such, one of the most straight-forward and potentially immersion-breaking references in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/em> actually adds up in the specific lore of the series. Perhaps this is just a victory for the nitpickers of the world, but either way, the Conjunction of the Spheres provides a unique backstory behind some of the franchises\u2019 references, including many of the fairy tales seen in the Blood and Wine<\/em> expansion’s\u00a0Land of a Thousand Fables<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is playable on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One with PS5 and Xbox Series X\u00a0ports set to release in 2021.<\/p>\n

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