SUPERNATURAL quotations

Question 1

fair — — — — — —
echoing later on with
so — — — — —

Answer 1

‘fair is foul and foul is fair’ , ‘so foul and fair a day’

witches speak in CHORAL SPEECH and PARADOXICAL CHIASMUS. when we first meet macbeth this is what he says, echoing witches alludes to their connection, foreboding whats to come. logical inconsistency, witches overall in TROACHIC TETRAMETER, witchcraft number of 3 different to Shakespeare’s normal use of iambic pentameter, emphasises the witches are inhuman. also links to disease and infection how the witches are toxic and will infect Macbeth

Question 2

thunder, — , — — —

Answer 2

‘thunder, lightning or in rain’

pathetic fallacy, repetition of the witchcraft number of 3 again, with witches, comes darkness, creates foreboding, ominous and evocative atmosphere

Question 3

is this — — — — — — —

Answer 3

‘is this a dagger which i see before me’

Macbeth questioning himself, emphasises ambition as his hamarita leading to the destruction of his moral infrastructure consequently driving him to insanity. dagger hallucination also symbol of ambition, psychological trauma

Question 4

gr—

les—

Answer 4

‘greater’ , ‘lesser’

OXYMORONIC phrase used by the witches, use of equivocation presents supernatural as deceitful, condemns witchcraft as multi-faceted, shakespeare using this to posit his ideas that even the most valiant can have their moral infrastructure shaken by evil

Question 5

instruments — —

Answer 5

‘instruments of darkness’

used by Banquo to describe witches. alludes to how we learn later how the witches disobey Hecate, the use of ‘instruments’ suggests they are being played, game connotations, and Hecate being their boss is playing the ‘instruments’ , they are inferior. connotations of spiritual malpractice and eerieness

Question 6

bat

beetle

Answer 6

‘bat’ , ‘beetle’

supernatural beings, Macbeth now immersed in evil he calls on the witches how Lady Macbeth calls on the spirits

Question 7

hence — —

Answer 7

‘hence, horrible shadow!’

banquo’s ghost - manifestation of guilt. ‘hence’ he cant bear to see him, still puts on a front of having power as he uses an imperative. even his guilt is a disruption of the divine right of kings
. ‘horrible’ anxiety and in climax of play. Macbeth’s word choice highlights impossibility of a ghost, macbeth emphasising the ethereality of the ghost before him, ghost seems to be under Macbeths control on some level

Question 8

something —

Answer 8

‘something wicked’

dehumanisation of Macbeth trough vague use of ‘something’ , he is a monstrous creature not a human, which is ironic coming from the witches, even they have noticed the extent of Macbeth’s actions

Question 9

rapt

Answer 9

‘rapt’

how entranced and immersed Macbeth is in supernatural doings