Macbeth Flashcards
‘I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition’
L = metaphor. MB’s ambition battles with his conscience. He knows he has no motive for killing a morally good king.
C = DRK. MB knows killing a king is an act against God. The play was performed after the Gunpowder Plot -Shakespeare sends a warning to those who might seek to murder a morally good king, like James 1.
‘why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image does unfix my hair’
L= MB’s first thought is one of murder. The adjective ‘horrid’ suggests that MB knows murdering Duncan to achieve his ambition is morally wrong. The verb ‘unfix’ suggests that the strength of his ambition terrifies him.
‘I’ll fight till from my bones my flesh be hacked’
C=MB is a good warrior and fighter.That is his job and he will not die by being hanged but will die with sword in hand and will go down fighting.
