Macbeth quotations - Witches

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"Hover through the fog and filthy air"
This quote mirrors the witches' deception and reinforces their connection with confusion and darkness.
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"When shall we three meet again?/In thunder, lightning or in rain?"
This quote uses pathetic fallacy and foreshadows trouble that is going to come.
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Banquo calls them "the instruments of darkness"
This links to the fact that "darkness" is a tool to hide actions at Macbeth kills Duncan at night - "blanket of darkness"
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"By the prickling of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
What does the second witch say that suggests she knows that something bad is coming because there is a tingling sensation in her thumbs?
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"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble."
Which lines show how what the witches say can have double meanings and can be contradictory?
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Card 2

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This quote uses pathetic fallacy and foreshadows trouble that is going to come.

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"When shall we three meet again?/In thunder, lightning or in rain?"

Card 3

Front

This links to the fact that "darkness" is a tool to hide actions at Macbeth kills Duncan at night - "blanket of darkness"

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

What does the second witch say that suggests she knows that something bad is coming because there is a tingling sensation in her thumbs?

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Which lines show how what the witches say can have double meanings and can be contradictory?

Back

Preview of the back of card 5

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