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Macbeth
Cards in this deck (14)
- 1"Ere the set of sun" (1.1.1-5)The metaphorical darkness of the play often comes with the literal darkness of the night as with Macbeth and the witches first meeting
- 2"Ere the set of sun" (1.1.1-5)Diaglogue, characterisation, motif, symbol, theme
- 3"Stars, hide your fires,/ let not light see my black and deep desires" (1.4.50-51)The darkness seems to hide the guilt and sins of the Macbeth's murder and treachery
- 4"Stars, hide your fires,/ let not light see my black and deep desires" (1.4.50-51)Dialogue, Characterisation, Motif, Imagery, Symbols, Themes
- 5"Let...the eye wink at the hand" (4.51-52)Macbeth says this to himself as if he believes the darkness will hide his sins from himself. It's almost as if he believes the murders were not truly done by him as they were done at night. In his imaginings, darkness is a psychological space, scruple can be shred, compunction lost.
- 6"Let...the eye wink at the hand" (1.4.51-52)Dialogue, Characterisation, Imagery, Themes
- 7"Come, thick night,/ And pull thee in the dunnest smoke of hell" (1.5.50-51)Lady Macbeth summons the night as if it is a blanket that can cover their sins, darkness has a connection to hell. Her welcoming this darkess contrasts to the end of the play where she fears it and has gone mad with guilt.
- 8"Come thick night,/ And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell" (1.5.50-51)Dialogue, Characterisation, Motif, Imagery, Symbolism, Theme
- 9"They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fly the course"(5.7)Macbeth has dehumanised himself, possibly in part to do with other characters doing this to him. He is often associated with hell; 'than is in hell', 'the devil...to hine ear'. He may associate himself to an animal so as to excuse his acts or maybe due to his acts he doesn't feel human anymore.
- 10"They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fly the course" (5.7)Dialogue, Characterisation, Conflict, Key scene, Imagery, Themes
- 11"I bear a charmed life, which must not yield to one of women born" (5.8.11-12)Macbeth is not scared as he still believes the fate the witches predict and believes, at this point, that no man can kill him (which is prevailing him from not commiting suicide). After he find's out about Macduffs birth he feels his best option is to try to 'try the last'(32) and test the prophecy.
- 12"I bear a charmed life, which must not yield to one of women born" (5.8.11-12)Dialogue, Characterisation, Conflict, Key scene, Themes
- 13"Of this dead butcher, and his fiend-like queen"(5.9.35)Macbeth is reduced to a butcher, in his death he is no longer thought of as a king and is held mostly responsible for the murders.
- 14"Of this dead butcher, and his fiend-like queen" (5.9.35)Dialogue, Characterisation, Conflict, Key scene, Imagery, Theme
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- Advanced Highers English (Shakespeare) Flashcards on Macbeth, created by Millie Reid on 06/05/2018.
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