MacBeth Flashcards
What is King Duncan’s description of MacBeth?
“O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!”
What is the Captain’s description of MacBeth?
“brave Macbeth”
How does Banquo describe the Witches?
“What are these,
So withered, and so wild in their attire,
That look not like th’inhabitants o’th’earth,”
What is said when Macbeth is planning to murder King Duncan after he names his son Malcolm as the heir to the throne?
The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires!
Let not light see my black and deep desires;
The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
What quote shows Lady Macbeth wanting to talk to Macbeth so she can prepare him and convince him to kill the king?
Hie thee hither,
That I may pour my spirits in thine ear,
And chastise with the valour of my tongue
All that impedes thee from the golden round,
A quote that shows Lady Macbeth saying King Duncan will not see the light of day?
O, never
Shall sun that morrow see.
A quote where Lady Macbeth says Macbeth should hide cruelty with innocence?
look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under’t.
King Duncan asking Lady Macbeth to take him to Macbeth (a dramatic irony example)
Give me your hand;
Conduct me to mine host: we love him highly,
And shall continue our graces towards him.
Macbeth saying that they must deceive the people around them by wearing a mask of innocence?
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
What does this quote suggest about Macbeth?
“Out, out brief candle!”
Macbeth is saying how short and relatively insignificant his life is that it’s “brief.”
It also shows how he wishes for it to be over as he wills the candle to go out and stop shining perhaps indicating the poor state of his well being.
What does this quote suggest about Macbeth?
“Only Neptune’s water will clear our hands of this deed.”
Macbeth expresses extreme guilt at his actions and feels remorse for killing Duncan saying that its nearly impossible for him to be innocent to what he’s done.
His feelings greatly contrast that of his wife who says “a little water clears our hands of this deed.”
She shows virtually no remorse for her role in Duncan’s death although it may be easier for her to separate herself as she merely persuaded Macbeth and didn’t directly commit the regicide.
What is this quote about and what does it suggest?
“Is this a dagger which I see before me?”
Macbeth experiences hallucinations before the murder. The dagger hangs in the air almost urging him to kill Duncan which may’ve been a factor that influenced the murder.
The mental health of Macbeth is evidently deteriorating as hallucinations are clearly unhealthy and a sign of instability and not being fully well in the mind. These visions may contribute to Macbeth’s irrational and cruel behaviour towards the end of the play.
Who said this quote and what does it suggest?
“But when you durst do it, then you were a man.”
Lady Macbeth insults the validity of Macbeth’s masculinity in an attempt to persuade him into murdering Duncan because she realises the monetary and influential political gain she can make from her husband becoming King of Scotland. This lets us see how manipulative and persuasive LM can be.
This ends up ultimately being Macbeth’s downfall and the caesura begins when the narrative twists to Macbeth losing his title and the people overcoming the tyrants rule.
What is this quote about?
“Torment me no longer!”
Macbeth experiences intense visual hallucinations of Banquo at the dining hall because of his death at the hands of Fleance and the assassins.
He feels extreme guilt and this links to the supernatural as he’s haunted by the ghost of Banquo punishing him with guilt as the consequences for his actions. This could be Shakespeare saying that if anyone kills King James they will be haunted as a way of inadvertently protecting James to gain favour and influence with him.
