Act 1 Scene 1

Question 1

How does Ii start?

Answer 1

thunder and lightning

Question 2

How does the weather at the start of the play set the tone?

Answer 2

dark and violent mood

Question 3

Who are the first characters introduced to the audience?

Answer 3

the three witches

Question 4

What effect does the witches first appearance make?

Answer 4

importance of supernatural

Question 5

How are the witches mysterious in Ii?

Answer 5

audience does not know their purpose in play

Question 6

Why are the witches mysterious?

Answer 6

do not explain their intentions when meeting Macbeth

Question 7

How do the witches speak?

Answer 7

rhyming couplets and paradoxes

Question 8

What does the wild weather hint at?

Answer 8

unnatural events occuring

Question 9

finish the quote : ‘in thunder….

Answer 9

…lightning or in rain’

Question 10

finish the quote : ‘when the…

Answer 10

…battle’s lost and won’

Question 11

finish the quote : ‘set…

Answer 11

…of sun’

Question 12

finish the quote : ‘fair is…

Answer 12

…foul, and foul is fair’

Question 13

finish the quote : ‘hover through..

Answer 13

…the fog and filthy air’