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GCSE English Literature · key term
A prediction about what will happen in the future, often presented as coming from supernatural knowledge.
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Paper 1
Revise: Act 1The prophecy seems good because it has brought success, but it also prompts a horrifying thought of murder. The balanced negatives express his inability to settle its moral meaning. His racing heart and fearful imagination show that he understands the seriousness of the possibility.
A prediction of a future event, often presented as knowledge gained through supernatural powers.
Distinguish a prophecy from an instruction: the witches predict kingship but never tell Macbeth to murder Duncan.
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A prediction of what will happen in the future.
Paper 1
A prediction of a future event, such as the witches’ announcement that Macbeth will become king.
Revise: Act 1The witches influence him, but his thoughts reveal choices: their prophecy contains no command to murder Duncan.
A prediction of what will happen in the future, often presented as coming from supernatural knowledge.
A prediction about what will happen in the future.
Paper 2
A prediction of a future event. In Macbeth, the witches’ predictions influence characters’ decisions without explicitly commanding them to murder.
A prediction about what will happen in the future, often presented as coming from a supernatural source.
A prediction of a future event, often presented as knowledge gained through supernatural power.
A prediction of what will happen in the future.
Component 1
A prediction of a future event, often presented as coming from supernatural knowledge.
Revise: The witchesWithin the prophecy’s deceptive distinction, Macduff is therefore an exception. The apparent promise of universal safety collapses. The bloody child’s appearance can retrospectively seem a visual clue to the exceptional birth concealed within its words.
