Supernatural Flashcards
Supernatural
All quotes
‘fair is foul, and foul is fair’
‘Thane if Glamis’
‘Thane of Cawdor’
‘King, hereafter’
‘Come you spirits’
‘Is this a dagger which I see’
‘miraculous work’
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1st point and quotations
Powerful witches open the play, inverse holy trinity ‘fair is foul, and foul is fair’ catalectic trochaic tetrameter, incantatory, paradoxical, determination to corrupt good into evil
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2nd point and quotations
Witches are omniscient know Macbeth is ‘Thane of Glamis’ admirable knowledge ‘Thane of Cawdor’ proved true, ‘King, hereafter’ climactic revelation, root cause of his ambition, reason for future events
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3rd point and quotations
LM in soliloquy reveals ‘Come you spirits’ connected to unnatural world, vast malevolent entities in another world, perhaps she is possessed to manipulate Macbeth
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4th point and quotations
Macbeth speaks to himself ‘Is this a dagger which I see’ could be shown onstage as a product of supernatural forces, no presence show Macbeth is mentally manipulated by supernatural force
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5th point and quotations
King of England said to be a healing monarch with ‘miraculous work’ potential to defeat evil, supernatural powers used for benevolence