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Macbeth Quotes and Analysis
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- 1Act 1 Scene 2: "Fix'd his head upon our battlements"The Thane of Cawdor, before Macbeth, was beheaded and his head was put on display of the spikes of the battlements. This could foreshadow that this may also happen to Macbeth when he is the Thane of Cawdor.
- 2Act 1 Scene 2: "valour's minion"This is how Macbeth is described after the first battle. The metaphor describes Macbeth as a brave servant, and may also show Macbeth's devotion to war.
- 3Act 1 Scene 2: Sergeant/Duncan- "Brave...Valiant...Worthy...Worthiest cousin"A list of positive adjectives are used to describe Macbeth. The fact that these are other characters opinions of Macbeth, this helps the audience trust that he is a good person. This can be contrasted to the end of the play when Macbeth is referred to as a "tyrant" "hellhound" "villian" these all negative adjectives.
- 4Act 1: "Bellona's Bridegroom"Macbeth is describes as being Bellona's Bridegroom. Bellona is the Goddess of war.
This metaphor could suggest that Macbeth is married to war and is devoted to it like a husband to his wife. He could also be seen to be the God of war. This shows Macbeth is loyal to the king. - 5Act 1: "so fair and foul a day I have not seen"This could foreshadow that Macbeth will meet the witches as he has used their words. This paradox could be showing that Macbeth is already influenced by the witches, which could suggest he is weak minded and gullible.
this can be contrasted to later on in the play when Macbeth says "stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and dark desires" Macbeth uses paradoxes again. - 6Act 2 Scene 1: "Is this a dagger which I see before me" "A dagger of the mind...heat oppressed brain?" "Thou marshall'st me"Macbeth is questioning his own sanity. This may be suggesting that Macbeth already feels guilty about the plan to kill King Duncan. He believes the dagger is leading him to Duncan so he can murder him. This may suggest that Macbeth believes he is powerless to do anything and that he must murder the king.
- 7Act 2 Scene 1: "dead...wicked...witchcraft...Hecate...murder...wolf...ghost...horror"The semantic field of the supernatural could suggest that Macbeth is being influenced by evil/the witches.
- 8Act 2 Scene 3: "Glamis hath murder'd sleep and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more; Macbeth shall sleep no more."Macbeth fears he will suffer with insomnia due to his guilt of killing King Duncan. Macbeth talks in third person like he is trying to detach himself from the crime he has committed. This is linked to the fact that Jacobeans thought that sleep was for the good people. Lady Macbeth says that sleep is "the balm of hurt minds".
- 9Act 2 Scene 3: "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hands?"Macbeth uses a hyperbole to suggest that he will never be able to get rid of the blood on his hands, which is a metaphor for the crime of murdering King Duncan. This is contrasted to Lady Macbeth telling Macbeth that "a little water clears us of this deed" this is juxtaposed to Macbeth thinking that a whole ocean cannot wash his hands of the blood.
- 10Act 3: "O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!"Macbeths mind being full of scorpions is a metaphor that suggests that his mind is corrupt and poisoned. This has been done by Lady Macbeth, The Witches and Macbeth's own ambition.
This is linked to Lady Macbeth saying "I'll pour my spirit in thine ear" which suggest that she will manipulate Macbeth. - 11Act 5: "Out, out, brief candle!"Macbeth is referring to his wife dying and he is implying that life is short and fragile, is reinforces that you can end life as easy as putting out a candle.
- 12Act 5: "a poor player... upon the stage"The theme/imagery of acting is used to reinforce that Macbeth isn't meant to be King and that he is pretending to be something he is not. This links to when Macbeth refers to himself as an "imposter" because he knows that he has broken the Great chain of being. Earlier in the play Macbeth knew that the witches predictions were against the GCoB because he asked "why do you dress me in borrowed robes?".
- 13Act 5: "I will not fight thee"He refuses to fight and kill MacDuff. He is feeling guilty. This links to Macbeth saying "my soul is too charged with blood of thine already"
Macbeth is feeling guilty for the murder of MacDuff's family and feels that MacDuff has lost enough. - 14—
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