Macbeth Key Quotes

Macbeth Key Quotes

1. ACT 1

   • Scene 1
     • "thunder and lightning"
       • the witches can control the weather
       • the weather is chaotic which could represent the witches and could foreshadow the characters
     • "when the battle's lost, and won"
       • the battle where Macbeth gets awarded with the Thane of Cawdor status
     • 'hurly-burly'
       • the witches speak in riddles and rhymes
       • the witches use strange language to confuse the audience
     • "upon the heath / there to meet with Macbeth"
       • preparing to entice Macbeth
       • their immortal powers are shown as they can tell what is going to happen before it does
     • 'fair is foul, and foul is fair'
       • a sense of foreboding is created by these choral lines
       • they set up the theme of deception
   • 'Valour's minion'