English (Macbeth quotations) Flashcards
‘Fly good Fleance, fly, fly, fly’
(Banquo)
In this moment as Banquo is being murdered he knows the murderers are going to want to kill fleance too so he tells him to run so that he is safe and one day the prophecies from the witches will come true
‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’
(the witches)
This shows the audience that things are seemed to be fair and good however are actually ‘foul’ and evil. the withes are united to try and trick macbeth
‘Is this a dagger which I see before me?’
(Macbeth)
Macbeth acknowledges hallucination and reflects on his conscious mind on what is really happening
‘we hear our bloody cousins are bestow’d in England and in Ireland’
(Macbeth)
The two sons of Duncan are now known as the murderers of king Duncan. This is ironic as we as the audience know that Macbeth killed the king.
‘But screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail’
(lady Macbeth)
Presents an image of a crossbow that is attacking Macbeth’s masculinity and uses language of violence and war
‘Till he uneam’d him from the nave to th’ chaps’
Shows that the war was violent and groosem and ‘BRAVE MACBETH’ has a very strong reputation
‘Cawdor shall sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more’
(Macbeth)
Shows the audience that his thoughts are troubling him and suggests that Macbeth is unable to get relief from sleep
‘I have almost forgot the taste of fear’
(Macbeth)
This is a metaphor to show the audience that Macbeth no longer has any fear
‘out damned spot, out I say’
(Lady Macbeth)
This shows lady macbeth’s instability and how she is trying to remove the blood of Duncan from her hands
‘The very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand’
(Macbeth)
Following Macbeth’s visit to the witches we are able to see that he has been consumed with anger and decides from now on he will act immediately on his thoughts and increase terror on his reign
