Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
(20 cards)
‘brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name’
Theme-How Macbeth has changes
First time we meet him
Heroic, selfless
Idolising him (with the next sentences), in awe of what’s he’s done
‘Valours minion’
‘Bellona’s bridegroom, lapped in proof’
Theme- Macbeth character development
Enveloped in war
Macbeth stood his ground, as if he was the Ancient Roman Goddess of War’s (Bellona’s) husband
‘Stay, you imperfect speakers’
Themes- witches, supernatural, Macbeth
Doesn’t believe them
Imperative
Not yet blinded by ambition, but is curious
‘there’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face’
Face can change easily, mould, ambiguous
Theme- Appearance vs reality
Makes Duncan trustworthy + vulnerable
‘Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires’
Theme- determination, Macbeth’s character, ambition, appearance vs reality
Stars’ were mentioned previously- clear link but contradiction
‘Signs of nobleness like stars shall shine’
Harsh ‘d’ alliteration (dedication)
Rhyming couplets- memorable
‘when I burned in desire’
Metaphorical
Theme- ambition
Elements of destruction
He really wants it
Connotations of witches and hell
‘My dearest partner of greatness’
Lady Macbeth and Macbeth relationship
- equals, unified
- superlative
‘I may pour spirits in thine ear’
Lady Macbeth and Macbeth relationship
Manipulative
Domineering
‘Unsex me here’
Lady Macbeth
Adopt more masculine traits
Imperative
‘Direst cruelty’
Wants no empathy + remove any vulnerability
Opposite or typical women back then
‘Take my milk for gall’
Lady Macbeth
Poison, dark imagery
Milk = nurturing but she wants to get rid of this side of her
Imperative
‘And make our faces vizards to our hearts’
This tells us that Macbeth is nervous of what he has done. He afraid that if anyone sees his heart it will be dark and souless
Themes- appearance vs reality, guilt
‘Assasination’
Less emotional
Grey area (who is right’
Has a motive
Witches and lady Macbeth have ordered him
‘His virtues will plead like angels’
Religious
Morality
Duncan is a good person and pure
Virtues will cry for revenge
‘Returns to plague th’inventor
Disease
Uncontrollable
Someone might kill him- fate or destiny
‘look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath’
Appearance vs reality
Relating to serpent and worm quote
‘why do you dress me in borrowed robes’
Appearance vs reality
Does Macbeth really deserve any of this?
‘false face must hide what the false heart doth know’
Macbeth appearance vs reality
Lady Macbeth
‘This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue’
Preventing them from speaking
Plosive
Earned the disgust of everyone
‘Let’s make us medicines of our great revenge to cure this deadly grief’
Juxtaposition- Macbeth is destroying, they are healing
