Quoats

Question 1

Fair is foul and foul is fair?

Answer 1

• It represents ambiguity which can link to Macbeth’s inner conflict
• It represents a link between the supernatural and Macbeth A1S3 ‘so foul and fair a day I have not seen’. This causes discomfort amongst audience
• Chiasmic structure = confusion to come
• Fricatives emphasises mystery

Question 2

What is the whir he’s prophecy in A1S3?

Answer 2

“All hail Macbeth Thane of Glamis
All hail Macbeth Thane of Cawdor
All Hail Macbeth who shall be king hereafter”

Question 3

Is this a dagger I see before me? A2S1

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Come let me clutch thee A2S1

Answer 4

• Lots of juxtaposition showing the inner conflict of Macbeth
  ~ Sounds C & E
  ~ Imperitives and Asking

Question 5

A dagger of the mind, a false creation proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain. A2S1

Answer 5

• His mind is torn with guilt like a dagger tearing into flesh
• He knows it is an illusion but believes it is a prophecy as well
• Rhetorical question shows Macbeth’s inner conflict

Question 6

Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath brings A2S1

Answer 6

• He needs to kill Duncan soon or the motivation to do so will leave
• The ‘cold breath’ lessons the ‘heat’ of the deed