Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Macbeth Character Quotes
- Act 1
- "brave", "noble"
- Shows how respected Macbeth was
- "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!"
- said by witches
- Tempts Macbeth's ambition
- Prophecies - supernatural
- "Stay, you imperfect speakers! Tell me more!"
- imperatives show he is keen to know more
- "Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires"
- Straight away he's struggling to contain his ambition
- "He's here in double trust", "Duncan hath borne his
faculties so meek", "his virtues will plead like angels"
- Having doubts about killing the Duncan
because of he's been such a good king
- context: Shakespeare being obsequious to King James
- This reminds us of the grave
outrage killing the king is init -
regicide context: Guy Fawkes
- soliloquy
- ‘Bellona’s bridegroom
- Saying he could be the goddess of war’s groom
- repetition of conditional "If" and "but"
- show Macbeths indecisiveness about killing Duncan
- Solioquy
- "Valour's minion"
- said by captain
- blinded by bravery
- "mock the time with fairest show"
- suggest MB = more deceptive like LMB
- Act 2
- 1st soliloquy
- "Is this a dagger which I see before me", "wicked dreams", "witchcraft", "ghost"
- he's gone hallucinatory
- refers to dagger as "false creation"
- "the wolf"
- animalistic, losing self-control
- "Nature seems dead"
- nature personified
- his previously loyal nature is dead
- Act 3