MACBETH

• "so fair and foul a day I have not seen"- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 3

  • Macbeth's first lines of the playechoes the witches lines which is the start of the prophecy aspect, however the witches who symbolize evil and supernatural only occur when evil is about to begin which means from the beginning of the play Macbeth is destined for evil
• "is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle towards my hand?"- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1

  • decay of Macbeths mind, act of the supernatural or mind playing tricks?the three witches (who symbolize the supernatural) are trying to lure and control Macbeth for evil. Whenever there are signs of the supernatural, evil is thereunsure of the prophecy so unsure of the reality of the dagger
• "his design moves like a ghost"- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1

  • hints at supernatural ghost aspect that will come laterdisturbed by the evil in his mind creating a supernatural morbid atmosphere
• "...O full of scorpions is my mind"- Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 2

  • scorpions represent Macbeth's uneasiness about the dark desire overcoming his mind to murder his friend Banquo and his sonMacbeth cannot rest easy while they are alive due to the evil taking over his soul from the supernatural witches' prophecy