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macbeth Act 1 quotes
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- 1There to meet with MacbethTheme of fate
witches already have a control over him - 2Fair is Foul and Foul is fair- distorted perception
- repfered back to in Act 1 Scene 3 by macbeth - witches prediction - 3Witches context- familiars such as paddock mentioned whcih is relevant as it was a much talked about topic in the contemporary era
- shakespeare includes in order to impress James as he was very superstitious and even wrote a book called demonlogia - 4Disdaining fortune with his brandished steel- theme of fate
- mac seems to be defying his fortune with his sword and is in control and has power contratsting to act 1 scene 1 where witches did - 5Doubtful it stood- short effective, creates suspense as they are both equal rivals and audience doesn't know whho will win
- audience wonders whether it is the work of the witches - 6as two spent swimmers that do cling together- comparative simile
- both worn out yet desperate - "cling"
- sibilance - 7"like valours minion, carved out his passage"- barbaric and determined - he saw all the other people as just a passage to his ambition
- courageous, fearless, valiant
- btravery's favourite - 8till he unseemed him from the nave to the chops- creates an imange of butchery and presents mac as a merciless tyrant
- visceral scene in which mac dehumanises macdonald and personifies him like a bag
- sort of killing preferred in 16th century but gory for modern - 9the merciless macdonald - worthy to be a rebel- worthy of being macbeths rival
- alliteration to emphasize his characteristic
- respected and seen as a deserving character - 10a drum! a drum!witches entrance
knocking was seen as a bad omen - 11so foul and fair a day- language contradiction,
- refers back to the distorted perception in act 1 scene 1
- displays connection before meeting so suggests witches may be controlling him - 12speak i charge youmacs demanding nature
- 13and say which grain will grow and which will not- sinister
- if harvest was bad it was seen as a witches doing so banquo refers to this - 14lesser than macneth and greater, not so happy yet much happier- comparative words make mac fell threatened and betrayed
- mac is jealous and annoyed as he wants all the power - 15if chance may have me king, why chance may have me without my stirhe believes in his fate and think he wont have to do anything in order to achieve it
- 16stars hide you fires, let not light see mu black and deep desires- makes him seem arguabbly villanous
- use of light and dark imagery
- duplicitous
- "hide" he knows it is immoral and sinful - 17my dearest partner of greatness- mac and lady m have a strong loving bond and he sees her as equal despite the patriarchal society they live in
- 18i fear thy nature is too full o' the milk of human kindness- ruthless, doesnt think he has qualities of a king
- gender role reversal
- feels her husband si too kind and naive - 19art not without ambitionhe has ambition
- 20pour my spirits in thine ear- pour her evilness and malicious thoughts into macbeth
- 21unsex me here and fill me form the crowm to the toe top - full of the direst cruelty- she is a magalomaniac - already refers to head as crown
- she wants to be a man for t\he power and is willing to give up her identiy for power and ambition
- shockinhg for contemporary audience as the society in which they lived expected women to be gentle - 22if it were doneuse of conditional words show that he is undecisive
- 23we will proceed no further in this businessdecides not to kill him
- 24such i account thy loveuses love to manipulate him
- 25live a coward in thine esteemshe is tormenting as she questions his manliness
- 26and dashed their brains out had i so swornextent of her manipulation and cruelty
- 27thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but malesadmires her and praises her and says a women like her could only ever have male children
- 28when you durst do it then you were a manpressurises him by saying that if you do it then only will you be a true man
- 29screw your courage to the sticking place and we'll notfail- no room for doubt
- wind up your courage like knobs on lute - 30same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire- so cruel comapres his inability to kill to their sex life
- 31soliloquy- contmplates on his conscience and the gravity (both physical and cosmic) of regicide
- jacobean audience sees it as regicide and going against divine right of king whereas modern just sees it as murder - 32foil- banquo and mac
- Banquo - logical, rational thoughts, says more, will beget greatness
- Mac - hopeful, naive thoughts, interprets more, will achieve greatness
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