macbeth Flashcards
(15 cards)
Cunning, Evil
“to look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”
Deceitful
“to beguile time”
Suffering, lack of sleep
“balm of the mind”
disorder of great chain of being
“tis said, they ate each other”
emasculating
“are you even a man”
suffering, guilt
“o’mind full of scorpions
guilt from regicide
“murder of innocent sleep”
hallucination
“is this the dagger i see before me”
unnatural act of regicide unbalances the natural order and causes ‘unnatural troubles’ to occur.
“darkness strangles the travelling lamp”
regicide causes mental suffering of lady macbeth
“out dammed spot”
the unbalanced natural order of the world causes
“owls scream, crickets cry”
lady macbeth begins to manipulate to further her ambition
“and live a coward in thine own esteem”
due to regicide there is a overwhelming feeling of guilt which contrasts from the start.
“a little water will wash away this deed” - “all Neptune’s couldn’t wash away this deed”.
act of regicide causes macbeth to loose sleep to the thought of guilt.
“macbeth shall sleep no more”
regicide begins a cycle of murder macbeth has banquo + macduffs innocent family executed.
“this deed butcher and his fiend like queen”
