Act 4 Flashcards
1
Q
MACDUFF: Each new morn
New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows
Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds
As if it felt with Scotland and yelled out
Like syllable of dolor.
A
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2
Q
DOCTOR: Such sanctity hath heaven given his hand—
They presently amend.
MACDUFF: What’s the disease he means?
MALCOLM: ’Tis called the evil.
A most miraculous work in this good king,
…With this strange virtue,
He hath a heavenly gift of prophecy,
And sundry blessings hang about his throne,
That speak him full of grace.
A
King Edward is presented as a foil to Macbeth
3
Q
MACDUFF: Bleed, bleed poor country!
Great tyranny,
A
Macduff is using blood-related language
