What are these so withered?

What are these so withered?

That you are so. How far is it supposed to be to Forres? (he sees the WITCHES) What are these creatures? They’re so withered-looking and crazily dressed. They don’t look like they belong on this planet, but I see them standing here on Earth.

What is a pilot’s thumb?

pilot’s thumb (1.3.30) Literally, the severed thumb of the helmsman of a lost ship.

What does so foul and fair a day I have not seen?

When Macbeth says “so foul and fair a day I have not seen”, he is referring to the battle that he has recently fought. It is fair because he has won, it is foul because he has lost fellow soldiers in the battle.

What does Shakespeare mean when he says fair is foul and foul is fair?

The line “fair is foul and foul is fair” comes from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In Macbeth, Macbeth and his wife plot to kill the king. Fair is foul and foul is fair, Hover through the fog and filthy air. The line “fair is foul and foul is fair” means that all is not what it seems.

Why do you start and seem to fear things that do sound so fair?

“Good sir, why do you start and seem to fear things that do sound so fair?” -Banquo (Act 1 Scene 3, lines 54-55) Banquo utters this in response to Macbeth’s shock when he hears the three witches shower him with promises of becoming a king and ruling over the land.

What is Banquo’s son called in Macbeth?

Fleance

What does lesser than Macbeth and greater mean?

“Lesser than Macbeth, and greater”. This prophecy, spoken by the first witch, means that Banquo will be “lesser” in royal ranks but will be “greater”, because he will be the father of the future kings. Banquo will be the father of the future kings but he himself will not achieve the crown.

What is the significance of Lady Macbeth’s unsex me scene?

What is the significance of Lady Macbeth’s “unsex me” scene? She denounces the feminine qualities that make her weak. She wishes she were a man so she could have power to do what she thinks Macbeth can’t.

What does take my milk for gall mean?

Come to my woman’s breasts, / And take my milk for gall,” Lady Macbeth says as she prepares herself to commit murder. The language suggests that her womanhood, represented by breasts and milk, usually symbols of nurture, impedes her from performing acts of violence and cruelty, which she associates with manliness.