Act 1 Scene 3

Question 1

Macbeth being linked to witches, using their language

Answer 1

‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen’ (MacBeth)

Question 2

Banquo questioning identity of witches

Answer 2

‘Live you, or are you aught
That man may question?’ (Banquo)

Question 3

Banquo questioning feminity of the witches

Answer 3

‘you should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so’ (Banquo)

Question 4

The 3 prophecy’s, chant, for Macbeth

Answer 4

‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.’
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.’
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, that shalt be king hereafter.’ (Witches)

Question 5

The three prophecy’s, for Banquo

Answer 5

‘Lesser than MacBeth, and greater.’
‘Not so happy, yet much happier.’
‘Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.’ (Witches)

Question 6

Ross calling the new Thane of Cawdor

Answer 6

‘He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor’ (Ross)

Question 7

Macbeth questioning wether or not he will become king because the second prophecy got fulfilled

Answer 7

(Aside) ‘Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor:
The greatest is behind’ (MacBeth)

Question 8

Macbeth calling these supernatural things bad

Answer 8

(Aside) ‘This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good’ (MacBeth)

Question 9

Macbeth says he will leave it to CHANCE wether or not he becomes king, he won’t do anything himself to fulfill the prophecy

Answer 9

‘If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me
Without my stir’ (MacBeth)