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Macbeth Flashcards
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- 1"Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing." Macbeth A5 S5Macbeth is saying that life is meaningless and empty and every day is the same.
- 2"When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors." Lady Macduff A4 S2Lady Macduff is saying that Macduff is a coward for fleeing to England and that makes him a traitor to his family.
- 3"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes." Second Witch A4 S1The Second Witch is saying that Macbeth is approaching them. This is foreboding.
- 4“More is thy due than more than all can pay.” King Duncan A1 S4King Duncan is saying that he wishes Macbeth deserved less so that his thanks would mean something to him.
- 5“Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.” Macbeth A2 S3Macbeth is hallucinating a knife in front of him that he is going to kill Duncan with.
- 6"It will have blood they say: blood will have blood." Macbeth A3 S4Macbeth recalls an old saying that blood shed through violence seeks more blood in revenge, creating a cycle of bloodshed.
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- GCSE English Flashcards on Macbeth Flashcards, created by Toren Fowler on 28/06/2022.
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