Witches

Question 1

Fair is foul and

Answer 1

Foul is fair

Question 2

What is the lines significance: hover through the fog and filthy air

Answer 2

Follows Jacobean beliefs that witches could fly

Question 3

Who is in charge of the witches

Answer 3

Hecate

Question 4

How do the witches speak

Answer 4

trochaic tetrameter

Question 5

What is the significance of the witches speaking trochaic tetrameter

Answer 5

Shows they are abnormal compared to the other characters

Question 6

What does Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none

Answer 6

It means that banquo’s decendents will be king but Bangui won’t become king

Question 7

The prophecies are paradoxical meaning

Answer 7

They contradict each other

Question 8

Lesser then Macbeth

Answer 8

But greater

Question 9

Name three ingredients in the witches cauldron

Answer 9

Turks nose, dogs tongue and root of hemlock

Question 10

Summarise the witches three prophecies in act 4

Answer 10

Beware Macduff, no man born can kill you and you are only in danger when Birman woods comes to the castle