Key quotes- Macbeth Flashcards
“O! Full of scorpions is my mind”
Metaphor, scorpions= death= murder. Macbeth considering to murder more bc no lineage like Banquo.
“Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck”
“Be” = imperative verb, ordering his wife to be submissive.
“We have scorch’d the snake not killed it”
“scorch’d”= not yet killed, biblical illusion of hell.
“killed”- violent imagery
“snake”- Banquo + Fleance, he’s become delusional.
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen”
His first line, “fair and foul” repeating what witches have said- immediate effect on him. Paradox = inner conflict, proleptic irony.
“Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires”
Stars, represent God, afraid of showing his true feelings.
Juxtaposition of light and black. Alliteration of “Let” “Light” “Deep” “Dark”, showing he has to show- must make a choice.
“Macbeth does murder sleep”
Sleep= innocence, sleep is personified.
"”Noble Macbeth” “Brave”
Tragic hero- hamartia= ambition. “Noble”, Noblemen below monarch in natural order.
