The Witches

Question 1

All Witches Quotes

Answer 1

• “The pit of Acheron” (Act 3 - Supernatural)
• “So foul and fair a day I have not seen (Macbeth) (Act 1 - Appearance vs Reality)
• “[Thunder and lightning]” (Act 1 - Violence)

Question 2

“The pit of Acheron” (Act 3 - Supernatural)

Answer 2

• Appear synonymous with wickedness and hell
• Acheron was one of the rivers than ran through Hades (hell is Greek mythology) reinforcing witches are inextricably linked with hell

Question 3

“So foul and fair a day I have not seen (Macbeth) (Act 1 - Appearance vs Reality)

Answer 3

• Successful in the manipulation of Macbeth through their duplicitousness highlighted through him echoing the paradoxical language of the witches
• Oxymoron “foul” and “fair” mirrors Witches ominous nursery chant and Macbeth is suspectible to their malelevont schemes due to his ambition (his harmartia)

Question 4

“[Thunder and lightning]” (Act 1 - Violence)

Answer 4

• Witches introduced with pathetic fallacy
• Witches are volatile,ominous and dangerous from the offset
• Foreshadows nature’s fury at this coming violence