Macbeth Flashcards
1
Q
admitting he is transfixed on taking the throne as he is planning
A
- murder “shakes my single state of man”
admitting he is transfixed on taking the throne as he is planning
2
Q
He is trying to decide whether to kill Duncan or not
A
- “vaulting ambition”
3
Q
soliloquy whilst hallucinating the dagger (aware he is hallucinating) about to kill Duncan
A
- “dagger”
- “heat-oppressed brain”
4
Q
After he hears a knocking and convinces himself that supernatural elements are warning him of his imminent death (after Duncan’s murder)
A
- “will all great Neptune’s oceans wash this blood clean from my hand?”
5
Q
After Banquo’s ghost appears at the banquet and Macbeth believes the dead will have revenge
A
- “blood will have blood”
6
Q
After Lady M’s suicide
A
- “Life’s but a walking shadow”
- “signifying nothing”
7
Q
So that his dark desires would camouflage into the darkness and they won’t be made known (perhaps even to him)
A
“Stars hide your fires”
