Macbeth act i - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Macbeth quotes, Key quotes from Macbeth, Macbeth Quotes Quotation: "So foul and fair a day I have not seen." - Answer ️️ -Location: I.3.38 (p.8) - Speaker: Macbeth - Spoken To: Banquo - Situation: These are Macbeth's first words - he and Banquo are returning from battle - this is right before Banquo sees the witches - Significance: Paradox - Macbeth echoes the witches' words - the day is foul because the weather is ugly; it is fair because they won the battle Quotation: "No more t...

GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE 8702/1 Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel Version: Final 1.0 IB/M/Jun23/E8 8702/1 Wednesday 17 May 2023 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Do not use pencil. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 8702/1. • Answer one question from Section A and one question from...

Macbeth quotes, Key quotes from Macbeth, Macbeth Quotes Quotation: "So foul and fair a day I have not seen." - Answer ️️ -Location: I.3.38 (p.8) - Speaker: Macbeth - Spoken To: Banquo - Situation: These are Macbeth's first words - he and Banquo are returning from battle - this is right before Banquo sees the witches - Significance: Paradox - Macbeth echoes the witches' words - the day is foul because the weather is ugly; it is fair because they won the battle Quotation: "No more t...

Act 1: what statements do the witches and Macbeth make about "foul and fair"? What meanings do each remark have? CORRECT ANSWER-- Macbeth says "so foul and fair a day, i have not seen" which means when his actions in the day made it fair but this weather is foul. - the witches say "fair is foul and foul is fair..." which means they will meet Macbeth when the weather is foggy and bad maybe at dawn. Act 1: describe Banquo's and Macbeth's reaction to the witches. Compare and contra...

Macbeth quotes, Key quotes from Macbeth, Macbeth Quotes Quotation: "So foul and fair a day I have not seen." - Answer ️️ -Location: I.3.38 (p.8) - Speaker: Macbeth - Spoken To: Banquo - Situation: These are Macbeth's first words - he and Banquo are returning from battle - this is right before Banquo sees the witches - Significance: Paradox - Macbeth echoes the witches' words - the day is foul because the weather is ugly; it is fair because they won the battle Quotation: "No more t...

What is the point of the first scene (literally) and in reference to the whole play? CORRECT ANSWER Literally, the witches are deciding when they shall meet again. As the beginning of the EXPOSITION, this scene sets the mood for the entire play, and introduces several major motifs: the witches (supernatural influences in the play), the idea of fair being foul, and the stormy fate of Scotland. The main character, Macbeth is also introduced by name, linking him to the witches What does Duncan c...

What is the central theme of Act I of Macbeth? - Answer- Betrayal For which of the following reasons did Shakespeare probably choose to write Macbeth in blank verse? - Answer- To create an effect of natural speech. Based upon the information in Act I, what appears to be Macbeth's character flaw? - Answer- A desire for power. Which of the following characterizes the line "This night's great business into my dispatch" as blank verse? - Answer- It has ten syllables with the stress fall...

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair." ~ witches - foreshadowing, setting the mood of the supernatural "Let not light see my black and deep desires." ~ Macbeth - After Duncan announces that he will name his son Malcolm the next king, Macbeth hopes his disappointment doesn't show. He must find a way to prevent Malcolm from becoming king. "Yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full of the milk of human kindness." ~ Lady Macbeth (referring to Macbeth) - She fears that Macbeth is too kind...

English 4 Macbeth Exam 2024. Act I - What statements do the witches and Macbeth make about "foul & fair" What meaning does each remark make? - ANSWER Who wrote Macbeth? - ANSWER Shakespeare Act I - What mood did Act I evoke in you? - ANSWER Doom Macbeth says "so foul & fair a day I have not seen" - forshadowing Witches say "foul & fair" - trolling whatever is good is bad whatever is bad is good Act I - Describe Banquo's and Macbeth's reactions to the witches. Compare and contr...

Theme of Ambition Quote 1 CORRECT ANSWER-Quote: 'Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on th'other' Explanation: ACT 1 Macbeth acknowledges his 'vaulting ambition' when contemplating the murder of Duncan. Shows an intense desire for power, which vaults even beyond its intrinsic limits and beyond reason Techniques: Horse metaphor Audience: Audience knows Macbeth is unreasonable-here's no good reason to kill Duncan, because Duncan is perfectly good at this whole k...