3 witches

Cards (6)

  • What quote foreshadows Macbeths rise to power by the witches using manipulative speech?
    "All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter"
  • What paradoxial quote shows the witches using appearance to deceive Macbeth and foreshadow when he believed he won the battle?
    "When the battles lost and won"
  • What oxymoron quote shows appearance vs reality of Macbeth due to the witches?
    "fair is foul, and foul is fair"
  • Description of the 3 witches
    Supernatural, inhumane old crows. Whose actions are possessing and disturbing.
  • How does the 3 witches link to context in Macbeth?
    King James I, strong personal obsession with the concept of witches
  • What did people in the Jacobean times believe about witches?
    That they could tell the future and act as catalysts to peoples fate.