Macbeth Supernatural Quotes

Question: Witches first appearance

Answer: “thunder and lightning” - chaos Scotland are about to face - strong sense of power.

“Fair is foul and foul is fair” - juxtaposition - chaos - said in unison - one being - adds to strangeness.

Catalyst for whole plot - control Macbeth.

Question: Macbeth easily drawn in - power of supernatural

Answer: Repeats language: “foul and fair a day”

Immediately “wrapt withal”

Question: “Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?” - drawn to by witches - manipulate him.

Answer: Force him to see dagger

Question: Lady Macbeth calls on dark forces

Answer: “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts” - wants as much power as supernatural force - imperative - she herself is witch.

Question: Banquo’s ghost: fear of supernatural

Answer: “Thy gory locks at me!” - have control - unbreakable/unchangeable.

Question: Macbeth goes back to see witches

Answer: “Deny me this, and have an eternal curse fall on you” - made him desperate

Question: But witches eventually lead him to his death

Answer: “These juggling fiends no more believed” - when finds out Macduff was cesarian - witches deceived him.