The witches

Question 1

The first act of the play

3

Answer 1

‘that will be ere the set of sun’
‘there to meet with Macbeth’
‘fair is foul, and foul is fair’

Question 2

first prophecies of Macbeth

Answer 2

‘All hail Macbeth…Thane of Glamis…Thane of Cawdor….king hereafter’

Question 3

second prophecies of Macbeth

Answer 3

‘beware Macduff, beware Thane of Fife’
‘for none of women born shall harm Macbeth’
‘Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill’

Question 4

emphasises their supernatural abilities - act 4 scene 1

Answer 4

‘by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes (enter Macbeth)’