Kingship Quotes

Question 1

“False ____ must hide what the _____ heart doth know” - Act 1 Scene 7

Answer 1

Key theme of appearance vs reality, he is duplicitous with his intentions, appearing noble and valiant, yet he is deceitful and malevolent
Repetition of false, emphasises his false and unnatural taking of the crown, false king, does not have nobility, morality, and a pious nature.

Question 2

“Why do you dress me in _________ robes” - Act 1 Scene 3

Answer 2

Lexis on borrowed, temporal nature of his power
Motif of clothing, easily removed, alike his title

“Does he feel his title/hang loose about him like a giant’s robe/upon a dwarfish thief”

Question 3

“Upon my head they placed a _________ crown” - Act 3 Scene 1

Answer 3

Diction of placed, carefully crafted, not naturally given, meticulously manipulated his position as king
Fruitless, king is synonymous with fruitful to people in leadership and morality, Macbeth’s omission of fruit signifies his tainted kingship and how he violated natural order to require this
He has gone against the natural order/great chain of being, violated his creator.