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MACBETH QUOTES
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- 1Act 1 Scene 1: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair"The Three Witches' speech is written in short rhyming verse that imitates the casting of a spell. The women's language is also full of the imagery of witchcraft and of chaotic weather: thunder, lightning, rain, fog, and "filthy air." The lines "When the battle's lost and won" and "Fair is foul and foul is fair" are the most significant in the scene. On the one hand, these contradictory statements are the kind of riddles we would expect from witches; on the other, the lines suggest a paradox that runs throughout the play: Life frequently presents a confused picture of events in which discerning truth from falsehood is difficult.
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- GCSE English Literature Flashcards on MACBETH QUOTES, created by Ibrahim Dinah on 25/03/2017.
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