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Macbeth, Part 5: Figurative Language and Mood (continued)

Question 3 • English 2 Sem 2 (10013400) BCPS 2025-26

Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. The witches are gathered around their cauldron, creating a potion.All. Double, double toil and trouble;Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Answer
A
by emphasizing that the potion has been completed
B
by revealing the magic hidden in the ingredients
C
by comparing the witches’ cauldron to a blazing fire
D
by imitating the noises made by the witches’ potion

Explanation

The repeated words and rhythmic rhyme make the witches’ chant sound like a spell being spoken over the cauldron. “Bubble” especially suggests the sound of the potion bubbling, so the lines imitate noises associated with the potion. The best answer is D, “by imitating the noises made by the witches’ potion.”

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