macbeth order vs chaos

Answer 1

all the order is destroyed by the witches and macbeth

Question 2

fair is foul and soul is fair/ hover through the fog and filthy air

Answer 2

-uses binary opposites
↳all that is ‘fair’ to others is evil, ‘foul’ is the opposite
- this applies to both the physical and the the moral world
- they rejoice the ‘fog and filthy air’ and in every sort of mischief and evil, from killing swine to entrapping human souls
- the witches’ sense of normal causes chaos in the normal world

Question 3

when shall we meet again?/in thunder, lightening or in rain?

Answer 3

-‘three’ is a significant number
- nouns ‘thunder’, ‘lightening’ and ‘rain’
↳pathetic fallacy
- they are chaotic, unruly forces
- nature are used to suggest the chaos of the witches
- they enjoy making trouble and destroying the lives of mankind

Question 4

lamentings heard i’th’air, strange screams of death

Answer 4

• showing chaos due to the regicide of Duncan
• the nature is mourning
• it foreshadows oncoming disaster
• it is dramatic irony because the earth is in chaos due to the killing of Duncan.