Key Quotes Macbeth Flashcards
Ross showing that Macbeth is noble (scene 2 act 1)
“Brave Macbeth – Well he deserves that name – Confronted him with brandished steel”
macbeth hiding of what hes going to do once after duncan is done speaking
“Stars hide your fires; let not light see my dark and deep desires”
Act 1 Scene 3 Macbeth
Foreshadowing that Macbeth will be influenced by the witches / has been influenced already
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen”
Act 1 Scene 3 The witches prophecies for Macbeth
Macbeth is already thane of Glamis, he is not yet the other two proclamations
“All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!”
“All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!”
“All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!”
He means that he might be able to become king without killing King Duncan, if that is his fate, as the Witches say
If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me
killed so much people that theres no return
I am in blood steepp’d in so far, that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er. – Macbeth (Act 3, Scene 4)
Here Macbeth tells his wife that, he dares to do anything and everything that is appropriate for a man to do. Someone who does more than that is not a man at all.
“I dare do all that may become a man”
paradox and uncertainty
‘This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good’
realises that there will be consequences to come if he breaks the divine rights of kings
we still have judgement here that we but teach
Macbeth’s mind is also full of dark, terrible thoughts. Yet it is also shows his inner turmoil, his mind is full of stinging creatures which plague him. Use of exclamation to show just how troubled he is feeling.
O full of scorpions is my mind!
