Macbeth- Whole Play Flashcards
(25 cards)
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”
Witches - Paradox
“What bloody man is that”
Duncan - Theme of Blood
“Who like a good and hardy soldier fought”
Malcolm - Macbeth described as brave
“The merciless Macdonald worthy to be a rebel”
Captain - Foreshadows what Macbeth shall become - Cyclical
“Villains of nature”
Captain - Foreshadows disruption of the great chain of being
“For brave Macbeth”
Captain - Foreshadows Macbeth’s downfall
“And fixed his head upon our battlements”
Captain - Thane of Cawdor is beheaded - cyclical
“Bloody execution”
Captain - Foreshadows Macbeth’s beheading
“God save the king”
Ross - direct link between god and the king,ironic because god doesn’t save the king
“No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive”
Duncan - Foreshadows Macbeth’s deception of Duncan
“Shall sleep neither night nor day”
Witches - Foreshadows Macbeth’s guilt leading to lack of sleep.
“So foul and fair a day i have not seen”
Macbeth - echos the witches - foreshadows their influence on him- Theme of supernatural
“All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor”
Witches - first prophesy, Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor
“All hail Macbeth that shalt be king hereafter”
Witches - second prophesy, Macbeth shall become king
“Thou shalt get kings, though thou be non”
Witches - third prophesy, Banquos descendants shall be king but not him.
“Stay you imperfect speakers”
Macbeth - tries to take control of the situation.
“Speak i charge you”
Macbeth - foreshadows his lack of power
“The king hath happily received Macbeth”
Ross - foreshadows Macbeth’s abuse of Duncan’s trust
“In his country’s wrack, i know not”
Angus - foreshadows Macbeth’s reigning of Scotland
“come you spirits”
Lady Macbeth - imperative - directly links to the unnatural and supernatural
“Unsex me here”
Lady Macbeth - unnatural imperative
“Of direst cruelty”
Lady Macbeth - superlative
“Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall”
Lady Macbeth - replacing milk for acid unnatural behaviour
“Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”
Lady Macbeth - foreshadows Macbeth in the future
