witches quotes

Question 1

thunder, lightning or in rain

Answer 1

power of 3
immediate pathetic fallacy
aligning witches with evil/ darkness/ power
destructiveness of witches
long-lasting effects of their actions

Question 2

fair is foul and foul is fair

Answer 2

disrupts natural order - nothing to distinguish good and evil
chiasmus- highlights distorted sense of morality
fricative alliteration- presents witches as repulsive

Question 3

‘thane of glamis…

Answer 3

.. thane of cawdor… king hereafter’
3 prophecies from witches

Question 4

something wicked..

Answer 4

this way comes
even witches recognise macbeth’s evil, shows his downfall
‘thing’ dehumanises him due to the extent of his evil

Question 5

‘macbeth, macbeth,macbeth…

Answer 5

beware macduff, beware the thane of fife’

Question 6

be bloody, bold…

Answer 6

and resolute… for none of woman born/ shall harm macbeth’
plosive alliteration + triplet
-refers to confidence macbeth feels
riddles to make him feel invincible

Question 7

‘macbeth shall never vanquished be…

Answer 7

until great birnham wood to high dunsinane hill/ shall come against him’
more riddles to make him believe he can’t be harmed