Macbeth - Themes - Appearance And Reality

Question 1

Finish the quote: ‘make the vizards…

Answer 1

to our hearts’

Question 2

what does ‘make our faces vizards to our hearts’ show

Answer 2

wear masks to conceal their true evil nature

Question 3

finish the quote: ‘so fair is foul..

Answer 3

and foul is fair’

Question 4

what does ‘so fair is foul and foul is fair’ show

Answer 4

language - deceitful and duplicitous intentions

Question 5

finish the quote: ‘look like the innocent flower…

Answer 5

but be the serpent under it’

Question 6

what does ‘look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it’ show

Answer 6

effective deception (facade)

Question 7

finish the quote: ‘i think..

Answer 7

not of them’

Question 8

what does ‘i think not of them’ show

Answer 8

talking about the witches

amplifies Macbeth’s dishonest manner and deception - while banquo is honest

Question 9

finish the quote: ‘stars hide your fires let not light…

Answer 9

see my black and deep desires’

Question 10

what does ‘stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires’ show

Answer 10

fire - creates irreversible damage - foreshadows his duplicitous nature

black, fires - juxtapose eachother