How does fair is foul, foul is fair Show itself in macbeth PLS

Please "Foul is fair, Fair is foul"?-- and you should really read your Macbeth, DotHack.

I like 'macbath', DH.

That would be a 'mac-blood-bath', I suppose.

MrP

I do have a couple of questions about Macbeth

Does the modern "knock, knock, who's there" jokes go as far back as Shakespeare's time?

(Porter: knock, knock! Who's there, i' the name of
Beelzebub? Here's a farmer, that hanged
himself on the expectation of plenty: come in
time; have napkins enow about you; here
you'll sweat for't.

Hello julielai

I'm not aware of a connection; and the use of 'knock, knock' in 'Macbeth' seems unlike the use in the joke. The scene is more akin to a masque, where representative characters are introduced one by one.

But children's games do sometimes have a surprisingly long history, so I wouldn't discount the possibility.

'Fie', a noise of contempt like 'bah!' or '

Thanks a lot Mr. P

when the porter says knock, knock! he means it as an exclamation.

as in..

knock....

KNOCK!!!!!!