Act II: Gorgon Reference

Shakespeare relates to Greek Mythology when Macbeth says the quote, "Approach the chamber and destroy your sight/ With a new Gorgon...". The word Gorgon was used to describe the three sister in Greek Mythology; in which one of the sisters, Medusa, would look at something and it would turn to stone. Macbeth means that whenever anyone would look in the chamber, it will make them stop and freeze with terror.