Macbeth Assorted Other Good Quotes

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 5

raven omen

Answer 1

‘The raven himself is hoarse/That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan ‘
- DEATH, BIRDS
- LM before the murder
- ravens as omen of death

LM

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 5

pall me

Answer 2

‘Come, thick night/and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’
- DARKNESS
- LNK end of the book, hell is murky
- LM before the murder

LM

Question 3

Act 1 Scene 7

angels trumpet tongued

Answer 3

‘that his virtues/Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued against/the deep damnation of his taking-off’
- RELIGION, MONARCHY
- such a good and noble king M feels guilty about killing
- CONT: Shakespeare funded by James I who is a Scottish king so wants to make him look good

M

Question 4

Act 2 Scene 2

as pictures, infirm

Answer 4

‘Infirm of purpose/Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead/ Are but as pictures/ Tis the eye of childhood/That fears a painted devil’
- M + LM
- LNK - resembled my father, LM is a hypocrite
- calling him useless and a coward

LM

Question 5

Act 3 Scene 2

scorched

Answer 5

‘We have scorched the snake, not killed it’
- EVIL IMAGERY
- snake refers to banquo, ironic as they were snakes earlier
- evil imagery

M

Question 6

Act 5 Scene 5

fears = numb

Answer 6

’ I have almost forgot the taste of fears’
- contrast to monolgue and killing of Duncan, numb instead of brave

M