Act 1

Question 1

‘fair is

Answer 1

foul and foul is fair’ - moral inversion of the witches.
fricative consonance creates harsh soundscape mimicing evil intentions

Question 2

‘for brave Macbeth

Answer 2

well he deserves that name’

Question 3

‘unseamed him

Answer 3

from the nave to the chops’

Question 4

‘the most unloyal

Answer 4

traitor, the Thane of Cawdor’ - foreshadowing of Macbeth’s future actions

Question 5

‘look not like

Answer 5

the inhabitants of the earth’ - Banquo suspicious immediately

Question 6

‘happy prologues

Answer 6

to the swelling act’

Question 7

‘make my seated

Answer 7

heart knock at my ribs’

Question 8

‘stars hide your fires,

Answer 8

let not light see my black and deep desires’

Question 9

‘i may pour my

Answer 9

spirits in thine ear’ - like the witches. manipulative

Question 10

‘unsex

Answer 10

me here’ - trying to remove her feminine qualities to become evil. LM is purposely evil

Question 11

‘look like the

Answer 11

innocent flower but be the serpent under’t’ - dual appearance to convince Macbeth

Question 12

‘to plague

Answer 12

the inventor’ - as if Macbeth is revolutionising Scotland. Symbolic of how Macbeth is more rational

Question 13

‘Like the poor

Answer 13

cat i’ the adage’ - LM emasculating Macbeth to convince him to go through with the murder. the cat is reference to the proverb about a cat wanting fish but not wanting to get wet; Macbeth wants the reward but will not commit to the actions.