Macbeth

Macbeth

1. "Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires".

   • - Macbeth reveals his temptation in fulfilling the witches prophecies
     • First crucial error here by listening to the witches

2. "It is too full o' the milk of human kindness".

   • ACT 1, SCENE 3, L.M reading Macbeth's letter
     • L.M thinks M is too kind-hearted to do what it takes to fulfill the witches propechies

3. "Unsex me here, & fill me from crown to toe-top full of direst cruelty".

   • L.M wants to put her natural femininity aside in order to do what is necessary to seize the crown.
     • Unusual at that time as women were not meant to be the stronger characters

4. "We shall proceed no further in this business. He hath honoured me of late & I have brought golden opinions from all sorts of people".

   • M is having doubts about killing the king.
     • M knows Duncan has been a good king & has no reasons to kill him other than his vaulting ambition pushing him.

5. "Is this a dagger I see before me? The handle towards my hand?"

   • M has agreed to kill D but is clearly not 100% sure if it's the right decision
     • M begins to waver so L.M has to step in and take over.

6. "That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; what hath quench'd them hath given me fire."

   • Shows L.M's strong character compared to M's weaker character
     • Shows L.M & M did not have the ordinary kind of relationship of that time

7. "Glamis hath murdered sleep & therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more: M shall sleep no more."

   • M clearly feels a great amount of guilt after committing regiside
     • M is now mentally disturbed & cannot sleep no more so is acting strange

8. "Never shake thy gory looks at me"

   • At the banquet M sees Banquo's ghost & starts to act strange worrying guests etc
     • L.M tells guests M has had this problem since childhood & they believe her

9. "Something wicked this way comes."

   • M meets with witches again seeking solace
     • The state is in a mess and M doesn't know what to do anymore