Appearance vs Reality

Question 1

Appearance VS Reality

‘fair is foul and foul is fair’

Answer 1

Act 1 Scene 1 Witches say

Paradox
-Witches appearing on stage first create uncertainity and fear but captivating as there were witchunts going on in Jacobean England where witches would be killed.
-Fricative alliteration shows deceitful nature
-Sets up the tone at the beginning of the play shows events will have ominous and deceitful nature
-It is foreshadowing of the tragedy to come

Question 2

Appearance VS Reality

‘Hurly-burly’

Answer 2

Act 1 Scene 1 - Witches say
Chaos

Question 3

Appearance vs Reality

‘Battle is lost and won’

Answer 3

Act 1 Scene 1 - Witches say
Paradox + creates an unsettling tone

Question 4

Appearance vs Reality

‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent undernea’th it’

Answer 4

Act 1 Scene 5 Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth
-Flower: Symbolizes femininity.
-Serpent: Represents masculinity and trickery.
-Contrast highlights the difference between outward appearance and inner reality.
-Serpent alludes to the story of Adam and Eve, symbolizes the devil.

Question 5

:Appearance vs Reality

Stage direction that they meet in ‘thunder, lightning and rain’

Answer 5

Act 1 Scene 1
-Pathetic fallacy
-When they meet it will be in negativity that even the weather is negative

Question 6

Appearance vs Reality

‘Instruments of darkness’

Answer 6

Act 1 Scene 3
Banquo describes the witches as this
-Darkness has connotations of evil
-Shows they are evil beings

Question 7

Appearance vs Reality

‘And play the humble host’

Answer 7

Act 3 Scene 4 -
Macbeth says this when he hosts King Duncan and his wife at his castle before him and Lady Macbeth kill him.
-They say how they will play the role of the good and ‘humble’ host yet underneath they are plotting regicide