Witches Cauldron The three witches in Shakespeares Macbeth
Witches’ Cauldron
The three witches in Shakespeare's “Macbeth”, who fell under the protection of Hecate, prepared a "charmed cauldron". The ingredients are precisely listed (act 4, scene 1). In the kettle, which is surrounded by elf spirits, the first witch placed the first ingredient, a toad.
The other witches added more ingredients. Fill in the gaps with the words from “Witches’ Cauldron/Vocabulary” worksheet and read the extract from “Macbeth”. Fillet of a fenny ……………… In the cauldron boil and bake : …………… of newt, and toe of …………. . , Wool of ………. , and tongue of ………. . , Adder's, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's ………, and howlet's ………….
Scale of ………, tooth of ………, Witches' ………, maw and gulf Of the ravined salt-sea ………, Root of the hemlock, digged i'th' dark; ……… of blaspheming Jew, Gall of ………, and slips of yew, Slivered in the moon's eclipse; ……… of Turk, and Tartar's ………, ……… of birth-strangled babe, Ditch-delivered by a drab, Make the gruel thick and slab,
Another witch added more ingredients. "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. ………… of a fenny snake, In the cauldron ……. and bake; ……… of newt and toe of ……. , ……. of bat and ……. of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, …………'s leg and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. . . "
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