Macbeth- Supernatural quotes

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The Witches- Act one, Scene one

"fair is foul and foul is fair, hover through the fog and filthy air"

Focus and analyse on the verb hover

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Lady Macbeth- Act one, Scene five

"Come, you spirits that tend on moral thoughts! unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe, top full of direst cruelty"

Focus and analyse the words: Spirits, Moral (contrast to how what         happens later on is immoral), Cruelty

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Macbeth- Act two, scene one

"Is this a dagger which i see before me?"

Focus on Macbeth questioning himself and relate to the theme of guilt as well as Supernatural.

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Macbeth-Act two Scene three

"There's nothing serious in mortality"

Focused on the word 'mortality' and how this shows greed. 

Contrast to immortality and how supernatural figures are perceived as immortal 

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Macbeth- Act three, Scene four

"Were the grac'd person of our Banquo present"

Banquo is dead and Macbeth sees his ghost- showing guilt and remorse and possibly unsure of his fate.

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Macduff- Act five, Scene seven

"My wife and children's ghosts will haunt me still"

Macduff wants revenge on Macbeth and feels similarly to Macbeth as he is also seeing the spirits.

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Macduff- Act five, Scene nine

"Cursed head" - describing Macbeth's head after his death

Macduff curses Macbeth and dislikes him for what he has done.

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Final card- Written explanation of Supernatural

Idea of mysterious forces and visions are shown throughout the play.

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