050622 Flashcards
They have tied me to a stake, I cannot fly, but bear-like I must fight the cause
Macbeth Act 5
He sees Macduff and the invasion in general to be just another obstacle
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last sylable of recorded time … Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, who struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and is no more. It is a tale full of sound and fury, told by an idiot, signifying nothing.
Macbeth Act 5
Macbeth intaking a metric ton of copium
Restrain in me the cursed thoughts
Banquo Act 2
Banquo also thinks of regicide, but his loyalty and nature forbid him from doing so
I fear thou play’dst most foully for’t
Banquo Act 3
Banquo thinks Macbeth is sus
Something wicked this way comes
Witches Act 4
Even the evil witches see Macbeth as being wicked
Not so happy, yet much happier
Witches Act 1
Macbeth will receive more than Banquo in terms of power and ascetic wealth, but Banquo will live a more fulfilled life than Macbeth
Tyrant
Macduff Act 5
Macbeth is cruel and disliked by the Scottish people.
My voice is my sword
Macduff Act 4
The world the play is set in is a very violent one, where killing is the sole form of retribution for the tyrant’s foil
Let not light see my dark and deep desires
Macbeth Act 1
Macbeth realises that regicide is dark (ie wrong), but chooses to ignore that fact
Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil
Lady Macbeth Act 2
LM is berating her husband on his cowardice, calling him a coward
Who would have the thought the old man to have so much blood in him?
Lady Macbeth Act 5
Before killing herself, her downwards spiral completes, wherein she has come to terms with her wrongdoings and is reflecting on the horror she caused
Nought’s had, all’s spent
Lady Macbeth Act 3
LM realises that the power gained from killing Duncan was not worth the heinous crime that was committed to achieve that power
