W2 11x14 50.00

W2 is an odd name for a painting, but this is an "odd" painting. While discussing Shakespeare's Macbeth with a fellow English teacher,  this painting came to mind. The Elizabethan theater did not entertain the idea of women  playing the female roles. Only men were allowed to perform, men or young boys. Hence the infamous witches and even Lady Macbeth were played by men.  The "weird sisters" as Macbeth calls them were assuredly weird. One of Macbeth's lines actually mentions their beards. This depiction of Witch #2 is definitely flattering; she would have been a lot different. Just use your imagination.
       (Witches in unison as they dance in a circle) The Wierd Sisters, hand in hand,\
Posters of the sea and land/ Thus do go about, about, /Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine,/And thrice again, to make up nine./Peace! the charm's wound up.