Macbeth - supernatural quotations
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- Macbeth - supernatural quotations
- "fair is foul and foul is fair" - The three witches
- what seems to be good is bad, vice versa - things are not what they seem.
- Macbeths life is about to be turned upside down.Untitled
- Macbeth and his wife commit many "foul" deeds which are fuelled by the three witches
- The witches at warning us of what will happen in the play.
- Macbeth is tempted by their predictions and cannot not trust anything he hears or sees.
- the women speak in rhythmic, chant-like lines
- Gothic element. statement can also be seen as an antithesis.
- "is this a dagger which I see before me,/ the handle towards my hand?"
- The dagger may also symbolize the throne itself: Macbeth sees it, yet cannot grasp it; when the dagger is grasped so is the throne.
- Neither brings happiness.
- this shows the decay of Macbeths mind, is this a act of the supernatural or is his mind playing a trick on him?
- The supernatural (the three witches) are trying to control Macbeths mind and lure him into evil. wherever the supernatural lies - evil follows
- the use of the question mark shows how Macbeth is unsure, unsure of the prophecies, unsure of killing the king and unsure of if the dagger is real.
- The dagger may also symbolize the throne itself: Macbeth sees it, yet cannot grasp it; when the dagger is grasped so is the throne.
- "for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth" - "bloody child"
- one of the three apparitions from the witches
- Macduff is the "bloody child" and can harm Macbeth. the witches trick Macbeth into believing he is invincible.
- the three witches never wanted to succeed and to see Macbeth become king, they follow throughout being evil and encouraging it.
- "to win us to our harm,?The instruments of darkness tell us truths"
- Macbeth is contemplating whether or not these predictions are a good thing or bad thing
- He seems to see it as good thing as it is bringing him joy
- This clearly shows that his ambition his clouding his judgment and thus he believes that killing the king is a good thing
- ‘darkness’ is a motif that is seen throughout the play representing the supernatural and our inner evil.
- they don't tell the truth, the witches twist their words and manipulate Macbeth into doing evil deeds which leads to his own "harm"
- "fair is foul and foul is fair" - The three witches
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