Macbeth Quotes Act 1 Scene 3

Question 1

Macbeth quotes the witches

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Banquo questions the witches

Answer 2

‘Live you, or are you aught

That man may question?’ (Banquo)

Question 3

Banquo does not know if the witches are men or women

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Macbeth recieves his prophecies

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

Banquo recieves his prohecies

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Macbeth is promoted to Thane of Cawdor

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Macbeth believes the prophecies are true

Answer 7

(Aside) ‘Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor:

The greatest is behind’ (MacBeth)

Question 8

Macbeth knows that speaking with the witches isn’t a good thing

Answer 8

(Aside) ‘This supernatural soliciting

Cannot be ill, cannot be good’ (MacBeth)

Question 9

Macbeth believes he has a chance to become king

Answer 9

‘If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me

Without my stir’ (MacBeth)