Macbeth Flashcards
Dagger Act 2, Scene 2
Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand?
Candle Act 5 scene 5
Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow.
Stars Act 1 scene 4
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires
Dagger Act 2 scene 2
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Metaphor
Candle Act 5 scene 5
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Metaphor
Tomorrow Act 5, scene 5
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Blood Act 3, scene 4
I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er
Blood Act 3, scene 4 language device
metaphor
Tomorrow Act 5, scene 5
metaphor
Dagger
Shows Macbeth acting crazy
Candle
Shows Macbeth going crazy about the light
Stars
He doesn’t want to see his wicked self and wants the stars to cover his wickedness
Tomorrow
Shows the repetition of time in the play
Blood
Can’t stop now, and he must continue with the bloodshed