macbeht Flashcards
(29 cards)
I have no spur to prick… but only vaulting ambition - macbeth
Macbeth is keenly aware of his motivations and is not instantly convinced by the desire.
Is this a dagger i see before me - macbeth
This speaks about the mental and emotional condition of Macbeth before murdering King Duncan. It also illustrates how his lust and greed dragged him to the brink of insanity
Will all great neptunes ocean wash this blood clean from my hand - macbeth
Macbeth to Lady Macbeth-Foreshadow, Hyperbole. Feels like he has so much blood on his hands that he would turn the whole ocean red
O full of scorpions is my mind dear wife - macbeth
his mind is full of posinous ideas and filled with evilness. Here, he uses a metaphor to say how painful even thinking has become – he is displaying signs of madness
Stars hide your fires not let light see my deep and dark desires - macbeth
personification. The stars are being asked to give Macbeth darkness, so no one can see his “black and deep desires.” Calling his desires black and deep is a metaphor, because the thoughts are not literally dark, but he is saying they are dark because they are evil.
sleep no more macbeth does murder sleep - macbeth
Macbeth to Lady Macbeth-Foreshadow. He feels so guilty that he doesn’t think he deserves sleep
if it were done when t’is done then it were done quickly - macbeth
He believes that if he were to assassinate the king, then he should do it quickly, as that might make it easier for him to deal with the consequences and with his guilt.
never shake thy gory locks at me - macbeth
Macbeth claims that his use of the murderers makes him not guilty. He tells the ghost to leave
out out brief candle lifes but a walking shadow - macbeth
His ambitions overshadow his conscience, he starts to think that he is above fate and can’t die
look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t - lady macbeth
Lady Macbeth to Macbeth-Foreshadow, Theme, Simile & Metaphor, Look innocent but be guilty inside
we will proceed no further in this business - macbeth
stay you imperfect speakers tell me more - macbeth
The quotation shows that Macbeth is very ambitious that he wants to gain more power and become a king to overrule others, once he knows something about his future he desires to learn more of it to insure that everything would works perfectly for him
brave macbeth well he deserves that name - captain
blood will have blood - macbeth
Macbeth recognizes that just as he murdered people to gain power, others on a quest for power may murder him to gain what he has.
thou playdst moust foully for it - banquo
Banquo to himself-Foreshadow. Suspects Macbeth killed the king Banquo believes that the witches were accurate in their prophecy but also believes that Macbeth used foul means to attain the throne – he is suspicious
o treachery fly good flenace fly fly fly - banquo
Banquo urges his son, Fleance, to flee to safety, and charges him to someday revenge his father’s death
the instruments of darkness tell us truths - banquo
refers to are the witches who cross paths with Macbeth and Banquo after the men have played a major role in putting down the rebellion against Duncan, their king. The witches promise Macbeth that he will be Thane of Cawdor and ultimately king
i laid their daggers… had he not resembled my father - lady macbeth
she didn’t kill Duncan because he looked too much like her father as he slept. However, it’s possible that this might have been an excuse to cover up her cowardice or some deeper emotional issue
i have no words my voice is in my sword - macduff
Macduff realises that justice can only be achieved through fighting, not through words - he must meet Macbeth’s violent deeds with violence of his own to avenge the death of his family.
whats done cannot be undone - lady macbeth
shes trying to convince herself that everything is okay and that theres no going back now. its too late. its done.
o horror horror horror tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee - macduff
The heartbroken way he announces it spells trouble for Macbeth: Duncan was a beloved king. Macduff’s lines of genuine horror and remorse at the death of king contrast with the suspicion and distrust Macbeth’s subjects will feel for him once he takes Duncan’s place
tyrannt show thy face - macduff
Macduff is determined to kill Macbeth and revenge the brutal murder of his family, as this short speech
are you a man - lady macbeth
shes questioning his masculianty. saying hes not mature or a man
fair is foul and foul is fair - witches
The witches to themselves-theme, paradox, foreshadowing things aren’t always as they seem, establishes mood. Whats considered good is considered evil and vice versa
