Act I Flashcards
What form do the witches speak in
trochaic tetrameter
What do both witches say at the end of the first scene
Fair is foul and foul is fair
hover through the fog and filthy air.
What is the technique “fair is foul and foul is fair”
Equivoaction - using ambiguity to conceal the truth
In the captains speech what simile is used to describe macbeth
like valours minion carv’d out his passage till he fac’d the slave
What is the first thing Macbeth says
“so foul and fair a day
What is the metaphor used to link the prophecy to a play
as happy prologues to the swelling act
How do we know Macbeth feels shameful for his ideas (AI S4)
let not light see my black and deep desires, the eye wink at the hand”
What line shows Lady Macbeth thoughts on Macbeth
“too full of the milk of human kindness”
What line shows Lady Macbeth desire and avoidance of gender roles
“unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty”
What quote shows appearance vs reality
look the innocent flower But be the serpent under’t
What quote shows the severity of Macbeths next decision
“But here, upon this bank and shoal of time”
Which quote sums up Macbeths ambition
“i have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself and falls on th’other”
What quote shows Lady Macbeth sinister side
“While it was smiling in my face, have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out”
