Supernatural

Supernatural

1. (a1,s1)''Fair is foul foul is fair'' witches

   • This shows a theme of supernatural as it is said by the witches and shows how fair would look foul when you do foul actions it would look fair

2. (a1,s3)''So foul and fair a day i have not seen'' macbeth

   • This showcases the supernatural power the witches would already had over Macbeth before even meeting him

3. (a1,s3)'' all hail Macbeth that shalt be king hereafter''witches

   • Shows a theme of supernatural as they say this in order to grow Macbeth ambition to become king

4. (a1,s3)" why do you start to fear things that do sound so fair"banquo

   • This portrays the theme of the supernatural as it plays into what the witches said fair is foul and foul is fair meaning when he had said fair it had instead been things which are foul

5. (a1,s3)" the instruments of darkness tell us truths win us with honest trifles to betrays in deepest consequences"banquo

   • He is saying in simple terms that the instrument of darkness are the witches on that they will earn macbeths trust with their 'trifles' and later betrayed him with hardships yet to come

6. (a1,s4)" unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direct cruelty"lady macbeth

   • This quote represents how the two genders had been viewed in Jacobean times how to be considered strong and cruelly would strip yourself a womanly virtues also shows the theme of the supernatural as she calls upon spirits to do this action

7. (a2,s2)" sleep no more Macbeth does murder sleep the innocent sleep"macbeth

   • Spirits are taunting because he broke the great chain of order causing spirits to be infuriated to how he had disrupted the natural order

8. (a3,s1)"thou hast it now -king, cawdor , glamis all as the weird women promised, and i fear thou play'dst most foully for it"banquo

   • Banquo grows less trusting of his once loyal companion and remember the prophecies of the word women and how Macbeth had attained all and done so ''most foully''

9. (a3,s4)"Thou canst say i did, never shake they gory locks at me"Macbeth

   • this shows how Macbeth had lost his mind and had hallucinated the ghosts of Banquo haunting him. Macbeth had foreshadowed banquo being at the feast when he had said ''fail not our feast but he did not expect banqup to come at all as he ordered an asassination on him and didnt expect him to look the way he did

10. (a4,s1)"beware macduff beware the thane of fife''witches

    • Witches are warning Macbeth of who is to take his life and the thane of fife will be a danger to his kingship

11. (a4,s1)''for none of woman born,shall harm macbeth'' witches

    • The witches say this to reassure His Majesty that no man born from the private part of a woman will harm him this foreshadows that macduff will be the one to kill Macbeth as he had been born through a c-section something which had not been very popular of the jackobean era this had gave macbeth a false sense of security of the throne making him vulnerable of any possible attacks

12. (a4,s1)''great birnam wood to dusinane hill shall come against him''witches

    • This prophecy of the witches also foreshadows what is to come and how Macbeth will meet his untimely demise
      • this had gave birth a false sense of security of the throne making him vulnerable of any possible attacks