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Macbeth
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- 1MACBETHA play written by William Shakespeare ,about treachery and ambition.
- 2Act 1 Scene 3 'For brave Macbeth'Macbeth fought with courage.
- 3'Disdaining fortune'Macbeth fights in impossible circumstances.
- 4'smoked with bloody execution'Macbeth is a quick and lethal fighter.
- 5'Like valour's minion carv'd'.Macbeth fights like a butcher,fierce and frenzied.
- 6'What are you?'Macbeth's confusion at meeting the witches for the first time.
- 7'All hail Macbeth'The witches know Macbeth even though this is impossible.
- 8'Thane of Glamis....Thane of Cawdor '.The witches seem well informed about Macbeth ,even telling him things he is not yet aware of.
- 9'supernatural soliciting'The witches pasing information to Macbeth.
- 10'Cannot be ill,cannot be good.'Macbeth is aware that the message from the witches could be evil.
- 11'Why hath it given me earnest of success,commencing in a truth?'Macbeth's confusion shows even more,why has part of the prediction already come true.
- 12'Against the use of nature'Suggests macbeth might be thinking of killing the king.
- 13'horrible imaginings....but fantastical'The horrible thought of killing the king dominates his mind.
- 14Act 1 scene 4 'He was a gentleman on whom I built absolute trust'Duncan talking about the last Thane of Cawdor.
- 15'O worthiest cousin'Macbeth deserves the best reward for his victory according to Duncan.
- 16'The sin of my ingratitude'Duncan feels as if he hasn't given Macbeth enough praise.
- 17'That proportion of both thanks and payment.....thy due'Macbeth has fulfilled his duties in such a way that Duncan can never repay him.
- 18Act 1 scene 5. 'thy nature is too full o'th'milk of human kindnessLady Macbeth telling her husband he is to kind and soft to kill the king.
- 19'to catch the nearest way'To be king quickly.
- 20'That I may pour my spirits in thine ear'Lady Macbeth is using her voice to convince her husband to kill Duncan.
- 21'valour of my tongue''Lady Macbeth is going to say things that shouldn't be said.
- 22'metaphysical'supernatural.
- 23'Come ,you spirits'Lady Macbeth almost summoning up evil spirits.
- 24'unsex me here'Lady Macbeth,asking to be turned into a sexless being,to take any feminity away.
- 25'Shall sun that morrow see'Lady Macbeth ,meaning Duncan will not live until the morning-Lady Macbeth intends to kill Duncan.
- 26'This nights great business into my dispatch.'Lady Macbeth making the arrangements to kill the king.
- 27'We will speak further'Macbeth is not entirely convinced about killing Duncan.
- 28Act 1 scene 7 'It were done quickly'Macbeth,showing his impulsive and courageous side.
- 29'th'assassination'Macbeth,implying the murder is preplanned.
- 30'To plague th'inventor'Macbeth realising that his actions may come back to haunt him.
- 31'clear in his great office'Macbeth sees Duncan as a great king.
- 32'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent'Macbeth,he has no real reason to do this horrible thing.
- 33'Vaulting ambition'This ambitious leap to King is to much for him'
- 34'We will proceed no further in this business'Macbeth ,commands Lady Macbeth,he doesn't want to kill the king.
- 35'honour'd me of late.....Golden opinions.Macbeth,saying what good opinion the king has of him.
- 36'Was the hope drunk'Lady Macbeth,questioning why Macbeth is changing his mind.
- 37'a coward....letting I dare not wait upon I would'.Lady Macbeth calling her husband a coward
- 38'Prithee ,peace'Macbeth,telling his wife to be quiet.
- 39'break this enterprise'Lady Macbeth .accusing her husband of breaking his promise.
- 40'much more the man'Lady Macbeth,telling her husband that being king would make him even more of a man.
- 41'babe that milks me'Lady Macbeth,evidrnce that she had a child.
- 42'And dash'd the brains out'Lady Macbeth,she would rather kill her own child than break a promise to her husband.(violent act).
- 43'If we should fail ?'Macbeth,insecure about the success of the murder.
- 44'But screw your courage to the sticking-place'Lady Macbeth telling her husband to increase his courage.
- 45'And we'll not fail'.Lady Macbeth,has ultimate confidence.
- 46Act 2 scene 1 "Is this a dagger I see before me"Macbeth starts to hallucinate,shoing his insecurity and signs of madness to come.
- 47"Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain"Macbeth is indecisive due to to many stressful thoughts in his head.
- 48"The very stones prate of my whereabout"Macbeth is very aware of doing and evil deed,even the stones are talking of his whereabouts.
- 49"Wicked dreams abuse the curtain'd sleep"Macbeth talks of having bad sleep and nightmares,signs of his insecurity and fear.
- 50Act 3 scene 2 "We have scorched the snake,not killed it"Reference to evil creatures and evil deeds.
- 51"O,full of scorpions is my mind"This shows Macbeth's mind feels like it has been poisoned and it seems as if his thoughts are stinging him (confusion)
- 52"The bat is flying to the goddess of witchcraft"Animal imagery is linked to darkness and the supernatural.
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- Flash cards as a revision aid.
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