The Witches Flashcards
“thunder and _____. enter three _____”
“thunder and lightning, enter three witches”
“thunder and lightning, enter three witches” what does this show
pathetic fallacy - the witches already create a sense of evil and ominousness on the first line/stage direction
“fair is _____ and foul is ____”
“fair is _____ and foul is ____”
“fair is foul and foul is fair” what does this show
opposites, rhyming seems like chanting, they’re in control
“a _____ near _____”
“a heath near forres”
“a heath near Forres” what does this show
witches meet on a wild piece of land - suggests they’re wild and uncontrollable
“that look not like the ____ o’ the _____”
“that look not like the inhabitants o’ the earth”
“that look not like the inhabitants o’ the earth” what does this show
Banquo’s description of them, he is repulsed by them and it symbolises their capacity for evil, if they look like they’re not from earth they may be seen as greater than earth
“witches _____”
“witches vanish”
“witches vanish” what does this show
after macbeth told them to stay - shows he has no true power over them - they’re consumed by evil
“i ____ last night of the ____ weird ____”
“i dreamt last night of the three weird sisters”
“i dreamt last night of the three weird sisters” what does this show
said by banquo - the witches are powerful as they are consuming Banquo and Macbeth’s minds
“double, double ____ and _____, fire, burn _____ bubble”
“double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble”
“double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble” what dies this show
the witches use rhyming couplets which emphasise their ‘magic’
