1.2 Flashcards
(8 cards)
What happens in Act 1 Scene 2?
King Duncan hears good news of the battle: Banquo and Macbeth have flight va,jangly against his enemies and the King rewards Macbeth with a new title.
“Like Valour’s minion carv’d out his passage”
Simile
‘Minion’ shows obedience to Duncan
Personified epithet of bravery
Conveys his skill
“For Brave Macbeth”
Adjective glorifies him and establishes him as a tragic hero
“Til he unseamed him from the nave to the chaps”
Glorifies his war effort and shows his skill
Violent connotations of unseamed (ripped open)
“O valiant cousin”
Kinsmen between Duncan and Macbeth
‘O’ is an expression of gratitude and emotion
Familiarity and friendship
“Eagles”, “lion”
Predatory animals
Hierarchy shows ferocity
Great chain of being
“As cannons over-charg’d”
Mechanical imagery/simile shows how relentless he is
“What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.”
Textual echo of the witches
Ominous foreshadowing
Theme of winning and loosing- juxtaposition between ‘lost’ and ‘won’
