Deck 4 Flashcards
1
Q
- L.M. to Maccy, his inside brave lion has been eroded.
A
And live a coward in thine own esteem.
2
Q
- Musical imagery by Banquo as he warns Maccy of the Witches.
A
To win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths;
3
Q
- Who was the infamous Roman Criminal? Metaphor.
A
With Tarquin’s ravishing (violate) strides, towards his design, moves like a ghost.
4
Q
- Macbeth reconsiders regicide and Ducan had been so clear….
A
Hath been so clear in his great office.
5
Q
- What does L.M. say to Maccy in front of the guests at the banquet.
A
What, quite unmann’d in folly?
6
Q
- Pathetic fallacy, Macbeth set free in no specific direcion. He’s doomed when others find out about the deed he’s commited.
A
Tears shall drown the wind.
7
Q
- Witches’ words are repeated through Maccy’s mouth.
A
So fair and foul a day I have not seen.
8
Q
- Dagger as an omen (sign to evil) as it leads Maccy towards his own doom.
A
Thou marshall’st me the way I was going.
9
Q
- Maccy’s conscience tells him it’s not safe to sleep.
A
Methought I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more: Macbeth does murder sleep’
10
Q
- Maccy breaks his regular meter as he euphemises the regicide.
A
I have done the deed.
11
Q
- Macbeth is confused whether the dagger is literal of figurative as he uses the interrogative.
A
A dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
12
Q
- Witches sense ‘something’ come.
A
By the prick of the my thumb,
Something wicked this way comes.
13
Q
- L.M. repeats her words from before regicide but through guilt this time.
A
What’s done is done.
14
Q
- L.M.’s imperative to the blood on her hands.
A
Out, damn spot! Out I say!
15
Q
- L.M. talking like a baby through pararhyme as she looses her mentality.
A
The thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?
