The expression suggests the themes of paradox, and of things not being what they appear to be.
She says, "Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it." Look fair, but be foul.
The witches' line is "Fair is foul and foul is fair; hover through the fog and filthy air." Macbeth's line is "So foul and fair a day I have not seen."
She pushes MacBeth to kill the king and by doing so fulfills the witches predictions.
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What is significant is that it echoes the witches' line "Fair is foul and foul is fair; hover through the fog and filthy air", thus connecting Macbeth with the witches and showing how they anticipate what will happen to him. And of course both quotations talk about the moral ambiguity of what is and what seems to be in the play.
That's a line from Macbeth. Yes, the witches in Macbeth say the line "Fair is foul and foul is fair" in Act 1 Scene 1. The whole line is "Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air". Why do they say it? Who knows, it's a witchy thing. But it does help set up a theme of moral ambiguity, of appearance not matching reality, which is a theme throughout the play. Some have argued that it is essentially what the play is all about.
"Fair is foul and foul is fair. Hover in the fog and filthy air."
Uttered by the three witches in 'Macbeth'.
The first sound typically heard in the play Macbeth is the three witches chanting, "Fair is foul and foul is fair."
In Macbeth's first line, he echoes the witches' paradoxical line "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" by stating "So foul and fair a day I have not seen." This creates a parallel between Macbeth's fate and the supernatural forces at play, suggesting that what seems fair or good may actually be foul or evil, and vice versa. The use of paradox in both instances foreshadows the themes of deception and moral ambiguity throughout the play.
She pushes MacBeth to kill the king and by doing so fulfills the witches predictions.
it is a metaphore saying that everything that is foul (bad) was meant to be taht way. and everything that is fair is meant to be decieving and foul
What is significant is that it echoes the witches' line "Fair is foul and foul is fair; hover through the fog and filthy air", thus connecting Macbeth with the witches and showing how they anticipate what will happen to him. And of course both quotations talk about the moral ambiguity of what is and what seems to be in the play.
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It is Macbeth kills the current king and is rewarded by being named king himself. Just took test.
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The three witches recite this line at the beginning of the play (Macbeth reiterates it later in the play). They also recite "toil and trouble, Cauldron boil and cauldron bubble."
There is a superstition that saying "Macbeth" out loud inside a theater will bring bad luck. This is derived from the story that Shakespeare used actual witches' incantations in the script, and so the witches got mad at him and cursed the play. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are instead called "M" and "Lady M," respectively.
One example of foreshadowing in Macbeth is when the witches chant, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" in Act 1, Scene 1. This line suggests that things are not as they seem and sets the tone for the deception and ambiguity that surrounds the characters and events in the play.