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Witches Profiling Quotes
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- 1Witches Profiling QuotesBy Vdelique
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x - 2QUOTE {Act Scene Line(s)}LANGUAGE TECHNIQUE
Point
- explanation - 3"I'LL DO, I'LL DO AND I'LL DO" {Act 1 Scene 3 Line 11}REPETITION
Oversensitive
- like to get revenge
- take things to heart quickly - 4"DWINDLE, PEAK AND PINE" {Act 1 Scene 3 Line 24}ENUMERATION
Mischievous
- find mocking and teasing others funny
- laughing about their power of mortals - 5"WITHERED AND SO WILD" {Act 1 scene 3 Line 41}ALLITERATION
Superstition/Stereotype
- Look like strange creatures
- Association to humans
- Creepiness/danger of appearance - 6"MELTED AS BREATH INTO THE WIND" {Act 1 Scene 3 Line 82-83}SIMILE
Magical
- a ghostliness about them
- adds to theme of supernatural - 7"HOW DID YOU DARE TO TRADE AND TRAFFIC WITH MACBETH...?" {Act 3 Scene 5 Lines 4-5}ALLITERATION
Annoyed
- Hecate is annoyed they not did include her in their Macbeth dealings
- & that they helped a selfish person like him - 8"SPURN SPATE, SCORN DEATH AND BEAR HIS HOPES" {Act 3 scene 5 Lines 30-31}TRIPLET
Unforgiving
- After Hecate visited hey try to make amends;
- Give Macbeth 'false' prophecies through app. vs. real.
(Strength Of Illusions) - 9"DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE" {Act 4 Scene 1 Line 35}ALLITERATION/REPETITION
Evil
- conjuring a spell for Macbeth
- repeated chorus
- theme of evil
- stereotype of witches - 10"EYE OF NEWT...HOWLET'S WING" {Act 4 scene 1 Lines 14-16}LIST
Destructive
- order and chaos
- want to destroy the world that Macbeth rules through their supernatural powers - 11"LIKE ELVES AND FAIRIES IN A RING" {Act 4 scene 1 Line 42}SIMILE
Team - work
- supernatural beings working together
- ring implies everlasting state
- no beginning or end & smooth reltaionship - 12"BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES" {Act 4 scene 1 Lines 44-45}-------#-------
Prophetic
- felt a 'pricking' which announced Macbeth's coming before it happened
- may represent Macbeth is now evil:
- 2 evil forces can sense each others presence - 13"SECRET, BLACK AND MIDNIGHT HAGS" {Act 4 Scene 1 Line 48}TRIPLET
Mysterious/dark
- Macbeth shows his arrogance and authority by referring to the supernatural beings as:
- strange & peculiar
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- GCSE (y10) English Flashcards on Witches Profiling Quotes, created by vanessa delique on 10/04/2018.
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