Act 5 Flashcards
Macduffs views on masculinity
Macduff ‘fell it as man’ teaching Malcom to be s good king
Quote to show Lady Macbeth is scared of the dark and contrasts act 1
‘Has light by her continually’ afraid of dark CONTRASTS
‘come this night ‘
Night reminds her of the evil she has done
Quote to symbolise her guilt
‘Out damned spot’ contracts act 2 scene 2 ‘a little water clears us of this deed’
Quote to show Lady Macbeth is uncertain
‘Thane if fife had a wife where is she now’
Questions mental confusion contrasts domineering language in act 1
Technique to show Lady Macbeth’s guilty conscience
Speech changes from smooth blank verse to a disjointed prose which shows troubled mind
Quote to show Lady Macbeth has upset the natural order
Doctor stats ‘unnatural deeds / do breed unnatural troubles’ reminds audience of unnatural things in act 2 scene4
Quotes that’s used as imagery to extend mataphors
‘The sickly weal’- sick Scotland
‘Medicine’-Malcolm heal country
‘Sovereign flower’-Malcom
‘Drown weeds’-rid of Macbeth compares him to a weed prevents anything from growing and is destroying the land
Macbeth ‘dwarfish thief wearing ‘giants robe’. King to great for him
Quote to remind audience of Lady Macbeth washing blood from her hands
’ murderers sticking on his hands’
Pronoun ‘his’ brings out Lady Macbeth’s masculinity
Quote to add to the hellish image of Macbeth’s castle
Servant called ‘seyton’ related to ‘satan’
Quotes to show Macbeth’s unstable mind
In his sililoquy ‘I have lived long enough’ admits everything he’s done is worthless
CONTRAST
‘Give me my armour’
Quotes to show Macbeth’s going mad
Tells seytin to put on armour then straight away says ‘pull it off’ confused
How is Lady Macbeth seen as unimportant
Dies off stage anticlimactic
Quote to show humanity in Macbeth
‘Life’s but a walking shadow’ bit a monster regrets what he’s done
Quote to show irony between the betrayal of Duncan from Macbeth
‘The fiend that lies the truth’ too trying of witches like Duncan too trusting of Macbeth
Turning point in action
How are we reminded of fearless Macbeth
Attacks army fearless warrior like act 1