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Macbeth Act 1 Scene 1
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Setting
* Witch laughter * Haunted * Rain & Thunder * Dark * Supernatural
These are all what Shakespeare wants us to feel setting
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Quotes
“In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” [A1S1 L1 Pg 23] * Foreshadows the play/ ending * Not in right place * Theme of Against the Order of Nature
“When the battle’s lost and won.” [A1S1 L2 Pg 23] * “lost and won” * Riddle/ contradicting/ complex * Suggest magic/ witchcraft * Theme of Supernatural
“That will be ere the set of sun” [A1S1 L3 Pg 25] * Ere before; sooner than * Sun refers to king/ god * “ere the set of sun” sun is setting = darkness ending * Things fall apart * Current kings (dies) * Kingdom * Control * Chaos * Disaster
“Upon the heath” [A1S1 L5 Pg 25] * Heath barren, wild place * Darkness/ evil * No one will see them * Lack of life * Mysterious * Supernatural? Against Order of Nature?

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air” [A1S1 L10 Pg 25] * Fog not clear, Filthy evil; Theme of Supernatural and Against Order of Nature * Deceiving * Macbeth trusts the witches * Theme of Appearance vs Nature Human Nature

* “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” * to the witches fair and foul are the same. It's a paradox * the witches the agents of evil and foul in the play * Macbeth a study in evil and darkness * the thing that we think is good (fair), the witches think that it's bad (foul) * the thing that we think is bad (foul), the witches think that it's good (fair) * the witches are foul but they give fair advice * something correct can be wrong; while something bad can be correct * NOTHING IS FAIR AND
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