Power

Question 1

Power
All quotes

Answer 1

‘fair is foul, and foul is fair’
‘unsex me here’
‘look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’
‘I have begun to plant thee’
‘angels are bright still, though the brightest fell’
‘make us even with you’

Question 2

Power
1st point and quotations

Answer 2

Witches are powerful, open the play ‘fair is foul, and foul is fair’ catalectic trochaic tetrameter, incantatory, determination to corrupt good into evil

Question 3

Power
2nd point and quotations

Answer 3

LM desperate for power, desire to be Queen ‘unsex me here’ desire to remove feminine qualities and engage in the masaculine world of murder, manipulative to achieve her vision of Queen, powerful. Has power in relationship with Macbeth, controls situation, ‘look like innocent flower, but be the serpent under’

Question 4

Power
3rd point and quotations

Answer 4

Duncan is in power yet uses it to nurture country ‘I have begun to plant thee’ extended metaphor, gardener, nurtures Scotland, uses power for good unlike Macbeth

Question 5

Power
4th point and quotations

Answer 5

Macbeth kills Duncan, the guards, Banquo, Macduff’s family, unjustified crimes in desire of power ‘angels are bright still, though the brightest fell’ metaphor, biblical allusion to Lucifer, tragic downfall of promethean villain, ironic as his desire for power caused him to lose it

Question 6

Power
5th point and quotations

Answer 6

Malcolm rightfully takes throne, good over evil ‘make us even with you’ desire to equally distribute power and restore Scotland back to former glory