FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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The witches are hovering through the air.
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The good can also be bad, and the bad can also be good.
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The point of being fair when someone is acting unfair to you.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -"Fair is foul and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air” (1.1. 11-13). Humanity has the proficiency of being two-faced, one can be bad but appear good as well as be good but appear bad.
Detailed explanation-2: -The actual meaning of the ‘fair is foul’ couplet is fairly straightforward. Essentially the witches are stating their upside down view of the world: what is good, or ‘fair’ to others is evil or ‘foul’ to them, and vice versa. The ‘fog and filthy air’ presumably refers to the type of environment in which they thrive.
Detailed explanation-3: -In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, there are several paradoxes. Some are made by the three witches: ‘When the battle’s won and lost, ’ meaning Macbeth will be victorious but each victory will lead to more losses. They also say, ‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair. ‘ While many see the witches as evil, they do not.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -The day is foul due to the witches raising a storm, and fair because of Macbeth’s victories on the battlefield.