The witches

Question 1

When shall we three meet again, in thunder lightning or in rain

Answer 1

Trochaic tetrameter, subverts other characters line, this doesn’t just highlight their difference from other characters throughtplay but also creates the allusion of powers, which they utilise for evil

mirrors the disruption of the great chain of being - foreshadows their intent to cause chaos - because of their desire for revenge against the suppression of the patriarchal society

Question 2

When the hurly burlys gone

Answer 2

• fictious - comic approach potential suggests they have no power or agency,
• childish language suggests it isn’t real they in fact hold no magical powers → their ambiguity is not just to deceive macbeth into understanding the wrong thing but also to hide their lack of knowledge on what will truly occur

Question 3

Fair is foul and foul is fair

Answer 3

again their language makes no logical sense →because their is no logical meaning their words → it is all a game to control Macbeths action and revenge for their oppression in society