Supernatural

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 1
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”
Witches

Answer 1

L= paradox. MB becoming king is fair (good) but he will commit sin which is foul.

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 3
“Instruments of darkness”
Banquo

Answer 2

L=metaphor. Banquo realises the witches could be evil
C=reflects James 1st belief witches are evil as described in the ‘Daemonoligie’.

Question 3

Act 3 Scene 4
“Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold”
Macbeth when Banquo’s ghost appears

Answer 3

D=ghost isn’t real and is just a projection of his guilty conscience
R= ghosts terrifies the audience, dead will be punished. C= gunpowder plot.

Question 4

Act 4 Scene 1
“By the pricking of my thumb something wicked this way comes”
Witches when Macbeth approaches at their second meeting

Answer 4

L=rhyming couplet, MB is now evil as they didn’t mention this when he came upon them at the start of the play.
C= witches could detect evil

Question 5

Act 3 Scene 5
“Artificial sprites… shall draw him on in his confusion”
Hecete about Macbeth

Answer 5

R/I= MB deserves his punishment