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.