Macbeth Flashcards
“ Star’s hide your fires let…”
Not light see my black and deep desires
In this metaphor he ask’s the darkness to hide his evil actions in the future.
Act 1 scene 4
Theme : darkness, secret, supernaturals
“We will proceed no…
Further in this business”
Macbeth is having doubts about the murder of the king
Act 1 scene 7
Theme : Bravery, secret
“Will all Neptune’s ocean…..
Wash this blood clean from my hands”
This rhetorical question shows that Macbeth feels that he will never get away from the guilt he feels
Act 2 scene 2
Themes : guilt, murder
“We have scorched the…
Snake not killed it”
Animals imagery shows that there is more evil to come. He feels as if what he has done so far has not been enough.
Act 3 scene 2
Theme : ambition, murder
“I think..
Not of them”
Dramatic irony as Macbeth lies to banquo to convince him that he has not been thinking about the witches
Act 2 scene 1
Theme: lying, evil, misleading
“O full of…
Scorpions is my mind, dear wife”
Animal imagery is there to highlight Macbeths feeling of guilt
Act3 scene 1
“I bear a charmed life that…
Must not yield to one of women born”
Macbeth believes he has all of the power because of the witches prophecies
Act 5 scene 8
