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Macbeth Flashcards
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- 1"From this time Such I account thy love" -Lady Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7Using guilt to persuade him to kill Duncan, saying he doesn't love her if he doesn't do this. Emotional blackmail. Verb 'account', she's doubting his love. Using manipulation.
- 2"Letting I dare not wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i't'adage?" -Lady Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7Rhetorical question. Implying he wants to be King but won't take any risks to get what he wants. Mocking him as persuasion. Refers to proverb where a cat won't do what she has to to get what she wants.
- 3"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?" -Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 1Already beginning to feel guilt and regret. Rhetorical question-internal battle between good+evil, questioning what he is about to do. Preposition 'toward'-what he is obliged to do.
- 4"I have thee not, and yet I see thee still." -Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 1Hallucinating-can't grab the power yet as he hasn't killed Duncan. Wrestling with his conscience-desires vs morality.
- 5"What beast was' t then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man." -Lady Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7Questions his masculinity-make him feel as if he needs to prove himself to her. Jacobean times-accepted qualities which made a man respected. Rhetorical question to show Macbeth he will be a man if he kills Duncan but lower than an animal if he refuses.
- 6"If it were done when 'tis done... done quickly" -Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7Conditional conjunction emphasises his uncertainty towards killing Duncan.
- 7"...who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself" -Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7Modal verb 'should' shows that Macbeth feels obliged as Duncan's subject and soldier. Contradicting the "double trust" makes him susceptible to this moral dispute.
- 8"My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical" -Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 3Murderous thoughts about King Duncan are coming to surface. Act 1, Scene 3.
- 9"yet I do fear thy nature, It is too full o'th'milk of human kindness" -Lady Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 5Maternal metaphor to make Macbeth sound weak. He has too good a nature to kill Duncan. Thinks he won't be able to do it.
- 10"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't." -Lady Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 5Convinces Macbeth to deceive Duncan and act like the perfect host. She has the control in their marriage as she is telling him what to do. Serpent: sinister and religious imagery.
- 11"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" -Witches: Act 1, Scene 1Sets the tone of the play: saying that things will be the opposite in which they appear. Suggests Macbeth's world will be turned upside down throughout the play.
- 12"Things without all remedy should should be without regard: what's done, is done." -Lady Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 2Tries to help Macbeth get over the guilt and fear he is experiencing since killing Duncan. Telling him to move on as he can't change the past.
- 13"We have scorch' d the snake, not kill'd it" -Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 2Still feels guilty about his actions taken to become king. He feels paranoid now as he still hasn't gotten rid of all of his opposition. Hasn't ended things but has started a chain of events.
- 14"Treason has done his worst" -Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 2Reflecting on the fact that he has committed treason and feels guilty and sinful about it.
- 15"full of scorpions is my mind" -Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 2Metaphorical: shows the extension of guilt and regret in his mind. The scorpions represent evil and his bad deeds.
- 16"Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck" -Macbeth Act 3, Scene 2He hasn't told Lady Macbeth he is going to kill Banquo, not working as a team anymore. He has changed and they have grown apart. He is working independently now, roles have changed and he is in control.
- 17"Then comes my fit again: I had else been perfect" -Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 4Worried as Fleance escaped. His plan is ruined as he wanted to destroy the lineage that threatens to take his thrown.
- 18"There the grown serpent lies; the worm that's fled Hath nature that in time will venom breed." -Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 4'Worm' refers to Fleance. He has fled and is going to cause more problems for the future. Constant growing tensions for Macbeth which will reach the climax of the play.
- 19"My Lord is often thus, And hath been from his youth." -Lady Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 4Covering up for Macbeth's behavior as he has delusions of Banquo. Saying that it is just something psychological he sometimes gets ever since he was young. She stopped Macbeth from letting the truth slip out + shows her role is still there/ he still needs her.
- 20"Which of you have done this?" -Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 4Shows he doesn't trust the people surrounding him. He has a lack of trust in his subjects/ kings men.
- 21"never shake Thy glory locks at me!" -Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 4Macbeth is directly addressing the figment of Banquo. Shows he is beginning to break down and lose his mind over the actions he has taken. He keeps digging himself a deeper hole.
- 22"Round about the cauldron go; In the poison' d entrails throw." -First Witch: Act 4, Scene 1Shakespeare uses rhymes to make the chants sound like real charms. Metaphor for stirring trouble when they are mixing different ingredients.
- 23"How sayst thou that Macduff denies his person At our great bidding?" -Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 4He questions why Macduff wasn't there - shows he doesn't fully accept Macbeth's kingship. Macbeth's allies are turning on him. He has a spy in Macduff's castle.
- 24"When now I think you can behold such sights" -Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 4Confused as to how Lady Macbeth is still acting so normal despite what has happened. She is so unaffected when he is so fearful.
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