The Cauldron and the Threat of the "Other" in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Middleton's The Witch, and Marlowe's The Jew of Malta

As a theatrical element, the cauldron is perhaps most famously associated with the witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth (c.1606) and Middleton’s The Witch (c.1613-1616). However, this essay proposes that the cauldron in the early modern theatre is not merely a physical signifier, or even an innate trope...

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Main Author: Clare Merrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sheffield Hallam University 2025-06-01
Series:Journal of Marlowe Studies
Online Access:https://journals.shu.ac.uk/index.php/Marlstud/article/view/327
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