Macbeth key quotes Flashcards
(22 cards)
macbeth A1 S2 violence
unseamed from the nave to the chops
unseamed from the nave to the chops analysis
graphic imagery - harsh consonance “chops” - dehumanizes enemy ??? bout his morality
motif of clothing - killing as casual
- unseamed= delicate ~ care?
-foreshadows his death
MB hero- toxic masculinity
macbeth A1 S3 fate
if chance will crown me king why chance may crown me without my stir
if chance will have me king why chance may crown me without my stir
repetition & personification- passive attitude to fate ->inner conflict- try’s to distance from guilt
some may sympathize- he’s torn not evil
macbeth A1 S4
A vs R
stars hide my fires let not light see my black and deep desires
stars hide my fires let not light see my black and deep desires
analysis
personification - “hide” thoughts noun “fires”- irreversable damage
Ironic - already plotting regicide (SN aware
- foreshadous decent to tyrany
macbeth A1 S7
ambition
vaulting ambition which der leaps itself and falls on the òer”
vaulting ambition which der leaps itself and falls on the òer
analysis
personification - ambition = human force that corrupted by his formally innocent mind OR horse & jockey - ambition animalistic forse
verb “fall’- aware of his hamartia
macneth A2 S2
guilt
will all great neptunes oceans wash this blood clean from my hands” A2 S2
will all great neptunes oceans wash this blood clean from my hands” A2 S2
classical allusion to Roman God o sea ‘Neptune
- enormity of guilt
hyperbole - natures greatest sorce cant cleanse him noun “blood - motif - mental & moral stain OR acknowledges he cant return to innocence - moral clarity
• foreshadows descent to paranoia
macbeth a2
guilt
i heard a voice cry ‘sleep no more Macbeth doth murder sleep”.
A2
heard a voice cry ‘sleep no more Macbeth doth murder sleep”.
A2
analysis
sleep motif - loss of innocence - sleep now unatainable luxary
exclamative -guilt intensity - becoming carcass of insanity-realises loss of innocence murder
violent verb- echos crime - marks point of no return
“voice”- inner turmoil externalised by hallucinations
• Violated NO → cut off from God
macbeth A3
kingship
“upon my nead they placed a fruitless crown … a barren sceptre in my gripe” A3
“upon my nead they placed a fruitless crown … a barren sceptre in my gripe” A3
analysis
metaphor-being King is empty
“they” - witches?
Adj”barren” - lifeless, infertility - paranoia
verb “gripe” - desperate cling to power
macbeth A3 guilt
O, full of scorpians is my mind dear wife
A3
O, full of scorpians is my mind dear wife
A3
analysis
Scorpians”- poisined with Paranoia - ambition, lethal OR represent BQ & Fleance who pose threat to crown
metaphorical infestation → foreboding .
macbeth a3 s4 guilt
“I’m in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more reterning were as tedious” A3 s4
“I’m in blood stepped in so far that
should I wade no more reterning were as tedious” A3 s4
analysis
blood motif- permenat stain -hamartia driven him past redemption
“wading”- slow, burdonsome, struggle
macbeth A5 kingship
“his title hang loose like a giants nobe upon a dwarfisn theit “ A5
“his title hang loose like a giants robe upon a dwarfish thief “ A5
analysis
clothing motif - temporary crown
Adj “dwarfish” - less of a man OR imaturity
macbeth a5 paranoia
“tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow A5
“tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow a5
repetition - repetetiveness of life OR paranoia
Rhythm - life is long & tedious
