The Witches Flashcards
1
Q
Questioning their mortality
A
What are these, / So withered and so wild in their attire, / That look not like th’ inhabitants o’ th’ earth, / And yet are on’t?
2
Q
Questioning their femininity
A
You should be women / And yet your beards forbid me to interpret /That you are so
3
Q
How they are described, what controls them, their animal helpers
A
Weird sisters, their masters, Graymalkin and Paddock
4
Q
What is asked of them
A
Stay, you imperfect speakers. Tell me more
5
Q
The limits of their power
A
In a sieve I’ll thither sail, / And like a rat without a tail, / I’ll do, I’ll do and I’ll do
6
Q
Trochaic tetrameter (8 syllables, 1 stressed then 1 unstressed)
A
Double double, toil and trouble, / Fire burn and cauldron bubble
