the witches Flashcards
1
Q
A1S5 “ valour - my -“
A
” valour of my tongue”
- snake in the garden of Eden (biblical references)
- tempting and controlling language, connotations of satanic imagery.
2
Q
A1S5 “Your - my thane is - a book”
A
“Your face my thane is like a book”
- the simile links to idea of Macbeth being easy to read and predictable
- catalyst for macbeths actions
- capitalises macbeths obvious intentions
3
Q
A1S1 “Fair is - and foul is- ”
A
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”
- foreshadowing from what Macbeth is at the beginning “fair” compared to him by the end “foul”
- oxymoronic language hinders to Macbeths confusion
- parallelism and paradoxical statement, fair can’t be foul
