act 1 - macbeth Flashcards
describe the setting of the heath
thunder, lighting, witches
“fair is foul and foul is fair”
this is our first hint that things might not be as they appear in this play/a character who appears as good, might not be so good in the end
quote to suggest MB can’t figure out if the witches prophecies are good or bad as he keeps having the scary fantasy of killing the king
“my thought, whose murther is yet but fantastical”
meaning: i’m thinking of murder but it is still a fantasy in my mind
quote to suggest that LMB thinks his husband is too kind to murder king Duncan in order to ensure he becomes king
“too full o’ the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way”
quote that demonstrates that LMB is a bad influence on MB by influencing his change in personality
“look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t”
quotes that say that MB does not want to kill the king (2)
“first I am his kingsman and his subject”
“then, as his host, who should against his murder shut the door, not bear the knife myself”
quote to suggest MB is looking for a mental kind of spur
“I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent”
quote to suggest LMB is malignant
How tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me.
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have plucked my nipple from its boneless gums
And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn
