Act II Flashcards
Quote abt not actually holding a dagger (two interpretations (old) horror of hallucination VS (new) hallucination of his disturbed psychology)
“I have thee not, and yet I see thee still”
What Macbeth calls the hallucination of the dagger which has two meanings (death and fate)
“Fatal vision”
Why lady Macbeth couldn’t kill Duncan (links to masculinity)
“Had he not resembled my father as he slept”
What lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to wash of his hand (blood/ sin)
“Filthy witness”
Lady Macbeth cracking a joke (pun abt gold) showing she is in control to juxtapose Macbeth’s madness
“I’ll gild the faces
Apocalyptic image of turning sea bloody
“Making the green one red”
Lady Macbeth shaming to feel abt Duncan death
“I shame to wear a heart so white”
Macduff’s description of Duncan’s body shows he is chosen by god
“The lords anointed temple”
Donalbain saying to Malcom that they should split up so they both won’t be killed
“The near in blood, the nearer bloody”
Quote abt horses eating each other— unnaturalness
“Tia said they eat each other”
Quote that says that MB couldn’t prey to god after he sinned
“I could not say amen”
