Act V Flashcards
Quote about lady Macbeth holding light because it comforts her to illuminate her guilty feelings (dark= sin)
“She has light by her”
Lady Macbeth quote that shows repetition— traumatic thoughts on repeat taunting her
“Out damned spot! Out”
Structure of lady Macbeth mini speech
Uses dashes to show her thoughts are fragmented and she is trapped and disturbed
Lady Macbeth sensuous connection to the stain of blood showing it’s consuming her
“Here’s the smell of the blood still”
Lady Macbeth quote showing she can’t repent evil— fate
“whats done cannot be undone”
Doctor saying lady Macbeth needs god to heal her not a doctor
“More needs she the divine than the physician”
Angus talking about clothes and how Macbeth is not fit to be king
“Like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish theif”
Quote about Macbeth saying he’s gonna fight till he’s dead— excessive, man of action, ontology of blood, violent psycolot
“I’ll fight till from my bones my flesh be hack’d”
Macbeth soliloquy first line. Ambiguous: did he not want her to die cause he’s already got a lot of stuff going on or because he loves her?
“She should have died hereafter”
Hamilton line— tedious to keep on living, days are the same. Past is haunting, future is death, he is in the present: man of action
“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day”
Macbeth soliloquy, judgement day line
“To the last syllable of recorded time”
Macbeth soliloquy echo of Lady Macbeth, light illuminates sins , juxtaposes lady Macbeth who had comfort in the light
“Out, out, brief candle”
Macbeth soliloquy about being on stage. Shows not real life, Macbeth performing a role, (motif of clothes). His lines have been written for him— fate agency
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that Struts and frets his hour upon the stage”
Last line of Macbeth soliloquy, life has no meaning. How would audience feel? Sympathy, disgust, horror?
“Signifying nothing”
During act V the last scenes are very quick why?
To create tension (stage craft) is MD gonna catch MB
