the supernatural Flashcards
- The witches start the play
- they will be of great significance
“when shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning or in rain?”
Could the witches be empathetic?
Perhaps they feel bad for Macbeth since they like him, and don’t want him to not like them / don’t want him to feel bad / they want to keep him sweet
- Hecate: “Loves for his own ends, not for you”
- “You should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so”
The witches are cheeky / not as powerful as we may think
“double double, toil and trouble”
-trochaic tetrameter
- childish rhythm
- all they can do is give out profecies
The supernatural guides MB to his fate
“‘Thou marshall’st me the way that i was going”
marshall’st - (guide / direct)
The supernatural were not to be trusted
“Are ye fantastical or that indeed which outwardly ye show”
The supernatural can work in your favour
“Bring thou this feild of Scotland and myself. Within my swords length set him.”
The supernatural can haunt you to death
“Here’s the smell of blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand”
