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Witches Macbeth
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Act __ Scene __ ‘____ is foul, and ____ is fair’ ‘Hover through ___ and ____ air’
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Act 1 Scene 1 ‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair’ The witches perceive evil as good and good as evil nouns ‘Hover through fog and filthy air’ They speak in riddles and so are very secretive and manipulative. Verbs, adjectives
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Act ___ Scene ____ ‘____ swine’ ‘Lesser than ______, and greater. Not so ____, yet ___ happier’ ‘Thou shalt get _____, though thou be none’ ‘Witches ______’ ‘Instruments of________’
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Act 1 Scene 3 ‘Killing swine’ Shows the witches’ power and evil Verb ‘Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier’ Speaking in riddles about Banquo being more moral than Macbeth but will be less powerful Verbs, adjectives, oxymoron's ‘Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none’ His descendants shall be kings and that Banquo’s children will over throw Macbeth. Nouns ‘Witches vanish’ Shows their power Verb, stage direction ‘Instruments of darkness’ Shows Banquo has realised they are evil. Verb, adjective
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Act ___ Scene ___ ‘_____ for his ___ ends’ ‘He shall spurn ___ , scorn ______, and bear his _____ ‘bove wisdom, grace, and fear. ‘________ is mortals’ chiefest enemy’
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Act 3 Scene 5 ‘Loves for his own ends’ He only cares about himself and not others and it’s the Witches saying this so its even worse. Verbs, nouns ‘He shall spurn fate , scorn death, and bear his hopes ‘bove wisdom, grace, and fear.’ Forcing fate and getting rid of his morality for his ambition ‘Security is mortals’ chiefest enemy’ He is so used to winning that he hasn’t thought of defeat Adjectives, nouns
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Act ____ Scene ___ ‘For ___ of powerful ____, like a hell-broth, ____ and _____’ ‘Something _____ this way comes’
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Act 4 Scene 1 ‘For charm of powerful trouble, like a hell-broth, boil and bubble’ Shows the Witches’ evil and that their manipulation of Macbeth will be wicked. Simile, adjectives ‘Something wicked this way comes’ Macbeth arriving and the Witches’ knowing that he is wicked and that if even the Witches believe it, then he must be extremely wicked. Adjective
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