ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Third Witch: There to meet with Macbeth. Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air.

Detailed explanation-2: -The phrase “Fair is Foul, Foul is Fair” (Act 1, Scene 1) is chanted by the three witches at the beginning of the play. It acts as a summary of what is to come in the tale. Shakespeare uses the phrase to show that what is considered good is in fact bad and what is considered bad is actually good.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Fair is foul, and foul is fair: / Hover through the fog and filthy air” (1.1. 11-12), chant the Weird Sisters as they go to wait for the battle to be over so they can deliver their seductive prophesies to Macbeth. “So from that spring whence comfort seem’d to come / Discomfort swells” (1.2.

Detailed explanation-4: -Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Detailed explanation-5: -Interestingly, Macbeth’s first line in the play is “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (1.3. 36). This line echoes the witches’ words and establishes a connection between them and Macbeth. It also suggests that Macbeth is the focus of the drama’s moral confusion.