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MAC KEY QUOTES
Cards in this deck (17)
- 1'Fair is foul and foul is fair"-Order VS Disorder
-App VS Real
-Establishes that things will not be as they appear in the play
-Reversal of morality (what seems good is bad) - 2'Let night not see my black and deep desires"-Light VS dark
-Ambition
-Mac's character
-Mac is calling for darkness to cover his evil deeds, to hide them from others and even from his own eyes
-He is aware of his own ambition and the power it possesses
-Later, this darkness will come out when Duncan's murder is carried out - 3"look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under't'-App VS Real
-lmac character
-Lmac warns Mac that he must avoid revealing his thoughts, that he must hide his emotions to avoid revealing their plan
-Be welcoming and kind to your guests but be the snake I need you to be behind closed doors - 4"Come you spirits...unsex me here"-supernatural
-lmac character
-lmac calls upon evil spirits to take away her natural womanliness
-she does not want any natural feelings or regret or conscience to get in the way of what she needs - 5"vaulting ambition"-ambition
-macs character
-mac wrestles with his ambition and wins
-he knows that his ambition is the only reason for killing kd
-he also knows that killing kd will only end up leading to more bloodshed - 6"This is a sorry sight' 'I could not say 'Amen'' 'Macbeth shall sleep no more'-Guilt vs conscience
-Order vs disorder
-Following the murder, macs guilt is instantaneous
-the blood on his hands is a physical representation of his guilt
-Mac realises he lost his ability to speak to God and his ability to repent
-Sleep plays an imp. role in this scene, it represents the order and innocence, both of which Mac has lost - 7"Wash this filthy witness from your hand"-L.mac
-feels no shame and thinks the deed can be easily forgotten by washing hands
-foreshadows later visions of when lmac starts losing her sanity and tries to wash off the blood from her hands - 8"Our fears in Banquo stick deep"-Paranoia
-Banquo's children are predicted to be kings
-Mac starts to worry that Banquo knows he had something to do with KD's death
-This is why Mac orders for banquo and Fleance's murder - 9"O full of scorpions is my mind"-Guilt VS Conscience
-Paranoia and trouble
-Mac is not enjoying being king
-he is sorry he killed Duncan
-cant sleep
-suspicious of Baquo and others - 10"I am in blood Stepp'd in so far should i wade no more"-BEG OF DOWNFALL
-Compares his murderous life to walking in blood
-Says he is stepping in blood (murder) so deeply that returning to where he started would be just as tedious as moving forward and continuing to kill people - 11"never shake thy gory locks at me"-Guilt VS Conscience
-macs conscience
-mac hallucinates Banquos ghost during the banquet
-this shows his guilt haunting him - 12"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes"-Mac is being referred to as evil by the most evil of creatures (wicked)
-shows what type of person Mac has become - 13"The very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand"-Tyrant
-lost all good conscience
-Mac decides to immediately act upon his first thoughts
-will no longer overthink the act of murder as he just wants to keep his position of power
-decides to kill Macduffs family because the witches said "Beware Macduff" - 14"Out damn'd spot! Out I say!'-Lmac losing her sanity
-acts as if she cant wash blood from her hands
-contrast to when she thought washing her hands would free her from the act of murder - 15'I fight till from my bones my flesh be hack'd"-macs character
-mac is ready to die fighting
-appears to be firm in his purpose to die. it seems that both him and his wife are beyond help of this world
-only their deaths could cure them - 16"she should have died here after"-mac is told about lmacs death
-mac is detached from reality
-contrast to "dearest partner of greatness" - 17"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this pretty place from day to day"-Macs view of life
-it appears to be empty, futile, deceptive and meaningless
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- english literature (Macbeth) Flashcards on MAC KEY QUOTES, created by poi C on 27/12/2018.
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