Macbeth Flashcards
LMB-“Too hill o’th milk of human kindness”
L metaphor-LMV knows h is ambitious but he is too kind to achieve his ambition- She realises she needs to manipulate him In The killing the king
“It was said… that myself should be the root and father of many kings” Banquo
L metaphor- B hopes his descendants will become kings of Scotland. Challenging Macbeth’s ambition to rule the throne
“I have no spur on o prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition “
MB doesn’t what to kill a morally good king-battling his conscience
He knows it’s an act against god - happened during the gunpowder plot - sending warning to those against the king like James the 1st
“Why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image does unfix my hair”
L MB’s first thought I’d one of murder. The adj “horrid” suggests that MB knows killing D achieve his ambition is morally wrong. The verb unfix suggests the the strength of his ambition scares him
“Neptunes oceans” can’t wash the blood of his hands
Showing no amount of water can strip the immoral dead of killing D
“My soul is lost forever!”
He has damned himself by killing Duncan. Shakespeare is trying to show the audience the impact of killing the king will have on you
