Macbeth Act 1 Quotes Flashcards

(10 cards)

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‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’

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(Witches,Act 1,Scene 1)Shows how Macbeth is conveyed in the beginning as a warrior but as the play goes on he turns foul and hubristic.

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‘In Thunder,Lightning or in rain’

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(Witches,Act 1,Scene 1)Creates an ominous opening

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‘Hover through the fog and filthy air’

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(Witches,Act 1,Scene 1)Shows withes supernatural powers and there abilities.

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‘When the battle’s lost and won’

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(Witches,Act 1,Scene 1)Shows Macbeth winning all his battles but ‘lost’ suggests how in the future Macbeth will lose to one man.

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‘There will be ere the set of sun’

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(Witches,Act 1,Scene 1)This foreshadows the darkness coming to Scotland.

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‘O valiant cousin worthy gentleman’

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(Macbeth,Act 1,Scene 2)Show how the king sees Macbeth as a worthy man to take his throne.

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‘With his brandish’d steel,which smoked with bloody execution’

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(Macbeth,Act 1,Scene 2)Shows how much of a warrior Macbeth really is.

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‘Fortune on his damned quarrel smiling’

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(Macbeth,Act 1,Scene 2)Shows how luck and fortune was on Macbeths side during battle.

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‘Fix’d head upon our battlements’

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(Macbeth,Act 1,Scene 2)Shows violent imagery of Macbeth.

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‘The Thane of Cawdor,began a dismal conflict’

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(Macbeth,Act 1,Scene 2)Foreshadows Macbeth’s dark future to come.

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