Macbeth Flashcards
(14 cards)
Give 4 quotes on Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman
“Come you spirits, unsex me here” A1 S5
“you shall put this night’s great business in my hands” A1 S5
“Go carry them… Give me the daggers” A1 S7
“Out damned spot; out i say. Here’s the smell of blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” A5 S1
Give 4 quotes on Macbeth as filled with ambition
“Stay you imperfect speakers, tell me more… Speak, I charge you.” A1 S3
“The instruments of darkness tell us truths” A1 S3
“I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself” A1 S7
“tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow… signifying nothing” A5 S5 - result of Macbeth’s ambition
Give 4 quotes on views of the supernatural
“Or have we eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisoner” from Banquo A1 S3
“This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill, cannot be good… if ill why hath it given me success… if good why do i yield to that temptation.. against nature” from Macbeth A1 S3
“I conjure you” + anaphora of “though” from Macbeth A4 S1
“Call em, let me see em” from Macbeth A4 S1
4 quotes on Macbeth as violent
“smoked with bloody execution… unseamed him from nave to the chops” A1 S2
“Is he dispatched” A3 S4
“The very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand…. edge of the sword to his wife, his babes and all unfortunate souls” A4 S1
“Thou bloodier villain than terms can give thee out!” A5 S8
4 quotes on Macbeth as honourable
“Brave Macbeth… Valiant cousin” A1 S2
“False face must hide what the false heart doth know”
“his wife, his babes and all unfortunate souls” A4 S1
“I will try the last” A5 s8
What does the quote “Fair is foul and foul is fair” mean A1 S1
Witches warning us - Shakespeare warning us not to trust appearances
“So foul and fair a day i have not seen”
Trochaic tetrameter - unnatural - unnerving - chant like spell
Beware of deception - nothing is truly as it seems
What does the quote “Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires”
mean? A1 S4
Macbeth wants to hid his ambition from stars - god/light/good
Conflicted on ambition vs morality
Juxtapositon emphasises this “black”, “deep” vs “fires”, “stars”, “Light”
Themes of ambition + guilt
What does the quote “it is too full of the milk of human kindness” mean? A1 S5
Themes of Masculinity, ambition, guilt
One of Lady Macbeth’s first lines
LM sees traits of macbeth: not being a murderer as weaknesses
“Milk” - breastfeeding associated with M not being murderer
LM seen as villain + manipulator - unpopular views
What does the quote “Is this a dagger I see before me?” suggest? A2 S1
Themes of Supernatural, guilt, appearance vs reality, fate vs free will
Reveals his conflict in question
Fate vs free will as leads him to believe he has no choice
Foreshadows ghosts and apparitions he sees in future
“Dagger” represents betrayal - Caesar was betrayed and stabbed with daggers - Duncan will be betrayed and stabbed with a dagger by Macbeth
What does the quote “Sleep no more, Macbeth does murder sleep” mean? A2 S2
Themes of Guilt and supernatural
M heard a voice saying this
Supernatural element of ghost saying it
M is haunted by committing regicide
Audience feels some sympathy
M will be haunted by nightmares forever more
Afraid of consequences
Sleep is personified - lost innocence
What does the quote “Nought’s had all’s spent, where our desire is got without content” suggest? A3 S2
Themes of Guilt, ambition, appearance vs reality
“The hollow crown”
M and LM show remorse in this
killing king was pointless
not happy - achieved ambition with terrible dreams
What does the quote “This butcher and his fiend-like queen” suggest? A5 S9
Themes of kingship vs tyranny, ambition
Reveals general view of M and LM: hatred
No sadness or respect for them
M and LM died as fiends and ruthless people
Reminds us of Tragic decline of Macbeth - he has fallen far from grace
What does the quote “It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” suggest? A5 S5
Themes of Guilt, ambition
consequence of going against god + natural order
Nihilistic view forced on macbeth after nothing left due to LM dying
Result of moral actions
