Supernatural

Question 1

1.1

“Fair is foul and foul is fair”

Answer 1

• Creates moral confusion through paradoxical language
• Alliteration creates an uneasy tone
• Trochaic meter makes their speech seem magical and mysterious

Question 2

1.3
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen”

Answer 2

• First line uses lexical mirroring
- Instant connection to them and is already a victim to their manipulation
• Paradoxical language
- May hide an evil soul

Question 3

1.5
“Unsex me here”

Answer 3

• Summons spirits to do so which aligns her with witchcraft
- Associated with women who challenged the status quo/authority of men
- Maybe all-powerful women are in line with the devil

Question 4

1.5
“Make thick my blood”

Answer 4

• Witches were believed to have thick blood
- Wants her body to become like that of a witches

Question 5

2.1
“A dagger of the mind, a false creation”

Answer 5

• Consequences of his insatiable ambition has caused him mental distress and near anxiety
• Unable to trust everything he sees

Question 6

2.4
“Gainst nature still! thriftless ambition”

Answer 6

• Dramatic irony as we know that Macbeth is the murderer
• Ambition is an unnatural phenomenon

Question 7

4.1
“By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes”

Question 8

3.1
“Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown”

Answer 8

• Lack of lineage and heirs
- Feels emasculated by this
• Resents Banquo and the Witches

Question 9

4.1
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes”

Answer 9

•Witches speak in a couplet
•Emphasises Macbeth’s wickedness and making their words seem more spell-like

Question 10

5.1
“Out! Out damned spot!”

Answer 10

• Reveals her increasing mental instability as he hallucinates blood stains, symbolising her guilt and her destructive nature

Question 11

5.8
“Hellhound”

Answer 11

• Macbeth’s morals are aligned with a devilish and inhumane creature, completing his tragic downfall.