act 5 Flashcards
“unnatural deeds”
Doctor- LM has broken natural law and is now paying her penance, poetic justice, she is unravelled, PTSD
start “little water clears us of these deeds”
now “these hands never be cleaned” “here is the smell of blood still”
lady macbeth- metaphor/hyperbole, visceral, motif of blood, signs of disorder (OCD, PTSD)
“washing her hands”
gentlewoman- trying to santise her crimes, PTSD
“mark our march toward Birnam”
lennox- witches prophecy coming true
“the tyrannt”
lennox- macbeth’s loss of identity/ respect due to his madness
“it is the cry of women good lord.” “the queen, my lord, is dead”
seyton- does not anticipate that macbeth will care, lack of love
“supp’d full of horrors”
“slaughterous thoughts”
“forgot taste of fears”
macbeth- foul (like witches) imagery
“that lies like the truth”
macbeth- realises the witches prophecy is not true, deception, outcome of meddling with the supernatural
“she should have died hereafter.”
macbeth- focused on over ambition, no compassion/love, could mean-> 1– she was going to die anyway, careless OR 2–she should have been more considerate and died at a time he could mourn, insensitive tone
“fools the way to dusty death”
macbeth- still believes he is immortal, hubristic, arrogant
“life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts”
macbeth- shows state of mind, sad imagery, sense of empathy from audience OR shock to very religious Victorian audience, dramatic irony, gothic, nihilism
“young siward”
name- sense of innocence that macbeth kills
“the devil himself could not pronounce a title more hateful to mine ear”
young siward- hyperbole, religious imagery- shocking to victorian audience
“thou wast born of woman”
macbeth- still believes and embraces the prophecy as if proud
“as honor, love and obedience”
macbeth- aware of how everyone feels about him, lucidity
“curses”
macbeth- aware people curse and hate him OR believes he has been cursed by the witches prophecy
“how is your patient, DR”
macbeth- did not refer to LM as his wife, no tenderness, love
“let every soldier hew him down a bough”
malcolm- witches prophecy makes sense and is coming true, foreshadowing macbeths death
“macduff was from his mothers womb ultimately ripped”
macduff- 3rd person announces like a story emphasizes how climatic and dramatic this scene is, bloody motif
“a charmed life”
macbeth- thinks he is special, magical/supernatural like witches which is wrong as they are decietful
“why should i play the roman fool and die on my own sword”
macbeth- greek tragedy that macbeth is a tragic hero whose hamartia is ambiotion and arrogance
“out, damned spot!”
lady macbeth- using imperative verbs is less effective, guilt is now having an effect upon her, divine punishment from god, contradicting herself
