key wuotes Flashcards
unsex me here
act 1 s5 verb unsex
look like the innocent flower but be the serpent undert
metaphor - she is incredibly deceptive
when you durst do it then you were a man
act 1- s 7—emasculation to macbeth
dashd the brains out
act 1-s7—violent, merciless woman, defies stereotypical woman in the 1600s
is this a dagger which i see before me?
rhetorical question, hallucinations of that dagger indicating his inner conflict with killing duncan.
with all great neptunes ocean wash this blood from my hand?
rhetorical question. highlights how he believes no amount of water can cleanse him of his sins. this is a metaphor for his desire to be spiritually and religiously clean
sleep no more macbeth does murder sleep(act 2 scene 2)
personification”sleep”-sleep is a symbol of peace this illustrates how macbeth believes he will never be able to sleep with what he has done.
out damned spot out i say
Lady macbeths guilt drives her to insanity and suicide_this also reveals her intense guilt and psychological deterioration.
introduction to duncan
king duncan as well as a meaning and fair king.
introduction to duncan
king duncan as well as a meaning and fair king.
macbeth describes his how “his virtues plead like angels” (duncan)
simile .” angels” shows fairness and him being pure
king duncan fairly promoted macbeth after a successful battle and is said “for brave macbeth well he deserves that name”
shows the type of person duncan was
macbeth at the start of the play showed characteristics to be a ideal jacobean king
he was violent he was brave he was heroic.
“each new morn new widows how new orphans cry new sorrows”
the end of macbeth as a tyrant the idea that at the end of his reign everybody was suffering
context the divine right of kings. the king is chosen by god. treason was punished by execution during the jacobean era
The great chain of being also reveals the importance of the king.
“it is too full of the milk of human kindness”
ambition is a driving force for lady macbeth. this reveals lady macbeths desire for power and doubts macbeths power to do it
“when you durst do it then you were a man”
lady macbeths manipulate power. she emasculates macbeth into killing king duncan.
“when you durst do it then you were a man”
lady macbeths manipulate power. she emasculates macbeth into killing king duncan.
