Act 1 Scene 7 Flashcards

Question

'we shall proceed no further in this business'

Answer 1

- iambic pentameter - decisive - doesn't take him long to make him retreat

Answer 2

..opinions'

Answer 3

..aside so soon'

Answer 4

- in his soliloquy, he contemplates over moral reasons - however, to lady macbeth, he gives the excuse of his reputation - doesn't want to be ridiculed by his wife/emasculated

Answer 5

...drunk wherein you dressed yourself?'

Answer 6

...thy love'

Answer 7

..in thine own esteem'

Answer 8

...cat i'th'adage'

Answer 9

- lady macbeth constantly questions - looks down upon him and is condescending - macbeth is like someone waking up with a hangover ('green' 'pale') who forgets what he had decided to do when drunk - LM uses two v powerful unfair weapons here - manipulative - brings 'love' into this and calls him a coward and emasculates him - 'like the poor cat'i'th'adage' - the cat in the proverb who would like to catch fish but isn't prepared to get her feet wet - the ridiculousness of the comparison between macbeth and the cat seems to affect him deeply - asks her to be quiet

Answer 10

...that made you break this enterprise to me'

Answer 11

- victimises herself and their love - he "broke" the promise he made to her

Answer 12

..you would be so much more the man'

Answer 13

- LM tells macbeth that he would be even more brave and manly if he made himself king - LM implies that macbeth isn't manly enough to her currently as thane

Answer 14

..while it was smiling in my face'

Answer 15

...boneless gums'

Answer 16

...the brains out'

Answer 17

- LM has seen the effects of her taunts on her husband and now comes out with the most outraging and shocking statement of all - 'smiling in my face' - LM's ability to feel no guilt is highlighted by the fact she believes she could kill her child even if it were 'smiling' in her face - willingness to destroy something so innocent - ruthless nature accentuated by the speed at which she is willing to act - 'pluck'd' and 'dash'd' -> suggests swift, clinical movements - 'dash'd the brains out' - foreshadows horrors acted upon children later in the play - again rejecting her traditional womanly role as a mother - producing and caring for children was a main role for women - LM states she would cruelly reject, even destroy her child in the pursuit for power

Answer 18

- macbeth is feeble

Answer 19

...natures'

Answer 20

- 'drench' is animal medicine, so perhaps this hints at the way LM views these puppets in her dreadful game - as animals?

Answer 21

- militaristic - like a man preparing a crossbow for firing

Answer 22

..false face must hide what the false heart doth know'

Answer 23

- duplicity - echo of the witches - he is consumed by the prophecy - rhyme - shakespeare uses to highlight the plot moving on/getting more interesting - although now settled, macbeth remains fully aware of the deceit and wickedness involved, whereas, at times, his wife seems to be able to delude herself that there is glory in the deed - 'great quell' - macbeth calls it a 'deep damnation' and a 'terrible feat'

Answer 24

- as forceful - she bullies and persuades macbeth to go through with the murder by questioning his masculinity - she says that by killing duncan, macbeth will be 'so much more the man' - this has a double meaning, he will be more of a man, and he'll also be king'

Answer 25

- she rejects her femininity by telling macbeth that she'd kill her own child - she is trying to prove how remorseless and evil she is

Answer 26

with anticipation - the murder has been planned but it hasn't happened -> builds suspense for the audience

Answer 27

- lady macbeth uses language connected with alchemy (the process of turning cheap metal into gold - 'a limebeck' and 'receipt' are the apparatus used and 'fume' refers to the gases produced - alchemists never succeeded in turning cheap metal into gold - shakespeare is hinting that macbeth will never be a good king

Act 1 Scene 7 Flashcards

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