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Macbeth profiling quotes
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- 1Macbeth profiling quotesBy Vdelique
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x - 2QUOTE {Act Scene Line(s)}LANGUAGE TECHNIQUE
Characteristic
Context
- explanation - 3"BUT ALL'S TOO WEAK FOR BRAVE MACBETH" {Act 1 Scene 2 Lines 15-16}ANTITHESIS
Physical Strength
Masculinity
- shows Macbeth's fighting ability
- and his ruthlessness & barbaric actions - 4"STAY YOU IMPERFECT SPEAKERS" {Act 1 Scene 3 Line 71}IMPERATIVE
Curiosity/Ambition
Superstition
- 1st encounter with witches encapsulates him with predictions of power
- ambitions stirred & demands to know more - 5"LET NOT LIGHT SEE MY BLACK AND DEEP DESIRES" {Act 1 Scene 3 Line 71}ANTITHESIS
Devious/Ambition
Appearance vs. Reality
- portrays the darkness and deceitfulness inside him
- willing to do whatever necessary for power - 6"IS THIS A DAGGER WHICH I SEE BEFORE ME?" {Act 1 Scene 2 Line 33}QUESTION
Unhinged
Control
-not in Control
- mad & Hallucinating
- LM has put pressure on him - 7"MULTITUDINOUS SEAS INCARNADINE" {Act 2 Scene 3 Line 59}BLOOD MOTIF
Guilt
Good/Evil
- displays his guilt as: describing the blood on his hands to be so immense that even the biggest ocean would turn from green to red if he touched it - 8"MY GENIUS IS REBUKED, AS IT IS SAID, MARK ANTONY'S WAS BY CEASER" {Act 3 Scene 1 Line 56}---------#-------
Insecure/Fear of Betrayal
Divine Right of Kings
- in Macbeth's soliloquy; speaks about his darkest thoughts:
-no heir, jealousy of Banquo, fear of corruption, overindulging ambition - 9"Cabined, Cribbed, Confined" {Act 3 Scene 4 Line 23}TRIPLET/ALLITERATION
Anxiety
Superstition
-feels trapped in emotion of fear/doubt
- his insecurity makes him think the witches prophecies of Banquo will come true - 10"Never shake thy gory locks at me" {Act 3 Scene 4 Line 50}IMPERATIVE/BLOOD MOTIF
Unhinged/Horrified
Superstition/Guilt
- moment of Hysteria when first sees Banquo's ghost
- contributes to guilt of killing him & Duncan - 11"IT WILL HAVE BLOOD, THEY SAY BLOOD WILL HAVE BLOOD" {Act 3 scene 4 Line 122}REPETITION OF BLOOD MOTIF
Dread of Future/Vengeful
Superstition
- worried about his future position
- In his vengeance and desperation he visits the witches for more answers - 12"LIKE A GIANT'S ROBE UPON A DWARFISH THIEF" {Act 5 Scene 2 Line 21}SIMILE/ANTITHESIS
Tyranny/False Power
Divine Right of Kings
- Macbeth displayed as a usurper
- The 'robes' of King will never fit him because he doesn't posses true power of being King - 13"LIFE'S BUT A WALKING SHADOW" {Act 5 Scene 5 Line 24}METAPHOR
Pessimistic
Death
- Doubt in his mind shown through his recklessness and cynical attitude
- Life is now meaningless to him - 14"MY SOUL IS TOO MUCH CHARGED WITH BLOOD OF THINE ALREADY" {Act 5 Scene 8 Lines 5-6}BLOOD MOTIF
Empathy due to guilt
Guilt
- Shows his guilt for killing the family of Malcolm
expresses a more compassionate, humane side of himself
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- GCSE (y10) English Flashcards on Macbeth profiling quotes, created by vanessa delique on 09/04/2018.
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