Macbeth Flashcards
(31 cards)
“Stay, ___ ___________ speakers, tell me ____”
You, imperfect, more
Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 3
Presents the intrigue of Macbeth
“Look like the _________ _______, But be the _____ under’t”
Innocent, Flower, serpent
Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 5
She manipulates him into putting on a cascade while being ruthless to be able to achieve his goal. This is significant as it instigates Macbeth to kill Duncan which is the peripeteia for his mental state falling
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair”
Witches- Act 1 Scene 1
This quote is repeated by Macbeth, which suggests the connection between the Witches and Macbeth
“The Prince of Cumberland! - That is a step On ______ I must ____ down, or else ________. For in my way it lies”
Which, fall, o’erleap
Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 4
Illustrates that Macbeth is having darker thoughts surrounding the idea of regicide
“Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none”
Witches- Act 1 Scene 3
“Sons, kinsmen, thanks, And you whose places are the nearest, know We will establish our estate upon Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter The Prince of Cumberland; which honour must Not be accompanied invest him only”
Duncan- Act 1 Scene 4
” If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir”
Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 3
“Art thou afeard To be the same in _____ own ___ and ______, As thou art in _______”
Thine, act, valour, desire
Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 7
This act of emasculation is an attempt to manipulate Mcbeth into killing Duncan, which instigates the demise of Macbeth’s mental state
“Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What though art promised”
Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 5
“But screw your courage to the sticking-place And we’ll not fail”
Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 7
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen”
Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 3
” I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself And falls on the other”
Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 7
Suggest that Mcbeth now is ready to perform regicide, thus is evidence of the demise of his mental state
“This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses
Duncan- Act 1 Scene 6
“The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s In deepest consequence”
Banquo- Act 1 Scene 3
“Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!”
Macduff- Act 2 Scene 4
“I’m afraid to think of what I have done”
Macbeth- Act 2 Scene 2
“unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps
And fix’d his head upon our battlements”
Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 2
This use of violent imagery presents him as a great and fierce warrior, suggesting he ripped Macdonald open
“All hail Mcbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.”
Witches- Act 1 Scene 3
The use of dramatic irony implants the idea that Macbeth could be at higher political stature
“Cannot be ill, cannot be good.”
Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 3
Illustrates the start of the demise of Mcbeths mental state as he is ntrigued by the concept of being king, this his thoughts are getting ever darker
“Let not light see my black and deep desires”
Macbeth Act 1 Scene 4
Manichean imagery suggests that Macbeth wants to hide his true desires from the “light”, which could have connotations of a diety, in this case, most probably God as Scotland is a very Catholic country in this time period. This all illustrates Macbeth’s desires to be that of evil and thus is dramatic irony of his lust to perform regicide
“And chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round”
Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 5
Illustrates that Lady Macbeth is attempting to convince Macbeth that he should perform regicide to become liking, this is significant as this want to manipulate Macbeth instigates a line of murders committed by Macbeth or due to Macbeth, which in turn leads to the demise of his mental state
“then you were a man”
Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 7
This act of emasculation is an attempt to manipulate Mcbeth into killing Duncan, which instigates the demise of Macbeth’s mental state
“Is this a dagger which I see before me”
Macbeth- Act 2 Scene 1
This use of a rhetorical question amplifies the theme of paranoia as it presents Macbeth having hallucinations, thus illustrating the demise of his mindset
“I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more: Macbeth does murder sleep”
Macbeth- Act 2 Scene 2
This amplifies the idea of the demise of Macbeths’ mental state, as it suggests that he hears voices in addition to not being able to sleep due to his increased paranoia
