Illusion v Reality Flashcards
What does Lady Macbeth say which brings the idea of illusion vs reality and the Garden of Eden?
‘But be the serpent under’t’
What does Macbeth say in his [aside] at the end of A1S4 which will show him beginning to align with darkness and the witches - especially with the rhyme?
‘Stars hide your fires. Let light not see me black and deep desires’
What quote from A1S7 shows how Macbeth has decided to kill Duncan after listing all the reasons he wouldn’t and also looks at app vs reality?
‘False face must hide what the false heart doth know’
What does Lady Macbeth say in A3S2 to show Macbeth that he must hide his true emotions?
‘Be bright and jovial among our guests tonight’
What do the witches say at the very beginning of the play to suggest how there is a blur between what is right and wrong?
Fair is foul and foul is fair
What does Macbeth say in A2S2 to suggest a blur between illusion and reality?
Is that a dagger which I see before me
What does Donalbain say to suggest how people are not truly who they say to be in A2S3?
daggers in men’s smiles
What do the witches prophecies to Macbeth which creates the illusion of invincibility and clouds realism in A4S1?
shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come
What does Lady Macbeth say in A5S1 to suggest that her guilt has clouded her own judgement of illusion or reality?
Out, damned spot
What does Macbeth say to suggest that Life is an illusion within itself?
Life’s but a walking shadow
What 3 ways is Illusion v Reality presented in Macbeth?
- Witches Prophecy
- Macbeth’s hallucinations
- Appearances
