Loyalty & Betrayal Flashcards
“The love that follows us…
Duncan
…sometimes is our trouble”
Duncan - Act 1, Scene 6
“The service and loyalty I…
Duncan
…owe, in doing it, pays itself”
Duncan - Act 1, Scene 4
He’s here in double trust (…) …
Macbeth
… I am his kinsman and his subject”
Macbeth - Act 1, Scene 7
- shows knowledge of his position (subordinate to Duncan)
“There’s daggers in…
Donaldbain
…men’s smiles”
Donaldbain - Act 2, Scene 3
What does Lady Macbeth call Duncan in Act 1, Scene 6?
“Your majesty/ your highness”
“[Macbeth] needs not our…
Murderer
…mistrust, since he delivers our offices and what we have to do”
Murderer - Act 3, Scene 3
“False face must hide…
Macbeth
…what the false heart doth know”
Macbeth - Act 1, Scene 7
Who can be (…) loyal and…
Macbeth
…neutral in a moment? No man.”
Macbeth - Act 2, Scene 3
“Let your highness command upon me…
Banquo
…to which my duties are with a most indissoluble tie forever knit”
Banquo - Act 3, Scene 1
Indissoluble - unable to be destroyed, lasting
“Stars hide your fires…
Macbeth
…let light not see my black and deep desires”
Macbeth - Act 1, Scene 4
- Antithesis of light to dark, shows how he’s moving from being a noble Thane (“brave Macbeth”) to a corrupted ruler
“Look like the innocent flower…
Lady Macbeth
…but be the serpent under’t”
Lady Macbeth - Act 1, Scene 5
- Biblical allusion - linking to the Garden of Eden where Eve, symbolises LM, is tempting and corrupting Macbeth, who is symbolised by Adam
“Give the edge of the sword his wife, his…
Macbeth’s command
…babes and all those unfortunate sounds that trace him in his line
Macbeth - Act 4, Scene 1
- symbolises how he’s going to eradicate Macduff’s family, his bloodline and therefore rendering him impotent as Macbeth himself doesn’t have an heir
- he wishes to send a message to Macduff, which enables Shakespeare to construct the climatic end of the play
