the witches

Question 1

“fair is foul and foul is fair”

theme - supernatural,king james

Answer 1

-shows they take glee in reversing the natural order of things
-alliteration of “f” illustrates they enjoy causing all these problems
-shakespeare shows how the witches and supernatural should never be trusted as they prey on downfall
-king james was paranoid of witches

Question 2

“all hail macbeth,though shall be king…!”

theme-ambition,divine right of kings

Answer 2

-exclamatory sentence shows how the witches are already planting “seeds of ambition” within macbeths mind
-these seeds of ambition eventually lead macbeth to killing duncan
-its sinful to contemplate regicide,the fact that the witches are putting this idea in macbeth’s mind shows them as sinful and devilish

Question 3

“thou shalt get kings,though thou be none”

themes-ambition,supernatural,

Answer 3

-They cause a divide between macbeth and banquo
-this is what causes macbeth to be paranoid and kill banquo
-alliteration of “T” to show that they love to cause problems
-this leads macbeth to maybe becoming more ambitious and starts to see his friend as an enemy
-illustrates the witches are always up to no good

Question 4

“something wicked this way comes”

themes-supernatural,ambition,great chain of being

Answer 4

-shows how the witches have completely transformed macbeth as they can tell its an evil person before they even see him
-adjective “wicked” to describe macbeth shows how they have completely corrupted his mind
-successfully and happily transformed macbeth from being noble and loyal to wicked
-macbeth has acted against the great chain of being and god is angry at him,he is now more tied with the devil and evil

Question 5

“double,double,toil and trouble”

theme-supernatural,jacobians superstitions about witches being agents of chaos

Answer 5

-repetition and alliteration of “t” shows the witch speak in almost a nursery rhyme way showing that they take delight in causing chaos

Question 6

what are the apparitions the witches tell macbeth

Answer 6

“beware macduff”
“none of women born shall harm macbeth”
“macbeth shall never be vanquished until great birnam woods to high dunsinane hill shall come against him”

Question 7

what do the apparitions tell macbeth

Answer 7

-these apparitions are half truths
-giving macbeth a false sense of security and makes him fell as if he is invincible

Question 8

witches quotes

Answer 8

-“double,double,toil and trouble”
-“something wicked this way comes”
-“thou shalt get kings,though thou be none”
-“all hail macbeth,though shall be king…!”