Act 1. Sc 3

Question 1

Macbeth talking about his day - link to witches

Answer 1

So foul and fair a day I have not seen

Question 2

Banquo questioning what the witches are

Answer 2

Live you, or are you aught
That man may question?

Question 3

Banquo confused on witches sex

Answer 3

you should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so

Question 4

Witches hail Macbeth

Answer 4

‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.’
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.’
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, that shalt be king hereafter.’

Question 5

Parradox about Macbeth and Banquo

Answer 5

Lesser than MacBeth, and greater.’
‘Not so happy, yet much happier.’
‘Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.

Question 6

Ross offcial makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor

Answer 6

He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor

Question 7

Macbeth happy to be thane of cawdor

Answer 7

(Aside) ‘Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor:
The greatest is behind’

Question 8

Macbeth worried about assiotiating with witches

Answer 8

(Aside) ‘This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good’

Question 9

Macbeth letting fate do its thing

Answer 9

If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me
Without my stir