Key quotes Flashcards
Relates to Act 1 Scene 1 paradox, now to Macbeth saying similar things to the witches.
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen”
Word repeated 3 times. This is to exaggerate the greed of women.
Polysyndetic list.
“Munched and munched and munched”
Where did the witches say they would meet?
“Upon the heath” act 1 scene 1
What does Lady Macbeth say Macbeth is full of?
"”Too full o’th’ milk of human kindness”
Act 1 scene 5
Why didn’t Lady Macbeth kill Duncan?
He resembled her father.
Act 1 scene 7
What’s hamartia?
This is a character’s fatal flaw which leads to their demise.
Foreshadowing Macbeth to protect his head in a cauldron reading.
“An armed head”
What three things did the witches predict Macbeth to become?
Thane of Glames
Thane of Cawdor
King of Scotland
A very ambitious woman who is looking for power and position. Early in the play she seems powerful and ruthless. She takes control over her husband and urges him to murder King Duncan. However later in the play she loses control and starts going crazy and becomes victim to guilt and madness.
Lady Macbeth
What was the main technique used in act 3 scene 1?
Semantic field: fruitless, seed, barren, seed, father, nature and vessel.
Planting a seed—–family tree—–long line of kings.
What are the different themes used in Macbeth?
- Ambition
- Supernatural/witchcraft
- Guilt
- Bravery/courage
- Femininely
- Leadership
- Masculinity
Said by Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 2
Guilt
Metaphor
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No: this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.”
Said by Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1 Weakness of mind, ambition. Paradox Mental state already going away
“Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?
Lady Macbeth telling Macbeth to act innocent but be sly and powerful.
“Look like th’innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”
Act 1 scene 5
Macbeth recognises his ‘fatal flaw’ as ambition that may lead to his downfall.
“Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other”
Act 1 scene 7
