Macbeth Flashcards
Complete the quote for Guilt “Out..”
“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”
Write out the guilt analysis for the quote “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”
Repetition of ‘out’ shows Lady Macbeth is desperate.
She is hallucinating the blood from King Duncan’s murder.
She is becoming mad because of her guilt.
Complete the guilt quote: “My soul…”
‘My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already’
Write out the analysis for ‘My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already’
This is one of the few places that show Macbeth’s guilt. He feels bad about killing MacDuff’s family.
The word soul tells the audience that the blood cannot go away.
Complete this quote for guilt - “Macbeth does murder sleep”
This shows that Macbeth’s guilt is not letting him sleep at night.
The verb murder shows that his mind can’t get away from that.
Complete this quote for kingship - “All hail, Macbeth”
The three witches prophecise that Macbeth will become king.
The idea that kingship is a divine right is challenged here.
Macbeth becomes so obsessed with becoming king it leads to his downfall.
Complete the quote for kingship “Fair is…”
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”
Write the analysis for the kingship quote “Fair is foul and foul is fair”
Macbeth uses this in his decisions.
He chooses to do anything to become king - foul is fair.
He believes he is the rightful king - fair is foul.
This quote is showing that appearances can be deceiving.
complete the quote for supernatural “is this…”
“Is this a dagger I see before me?”
Write out the analysis for “Is this a dagger I see before me?”
Macbeth hallucinates a floating dagger, creating a supernatural atmosphere.
The dagger is a symbol of his guilt over killing King Duncan.
This shows Macbeth becoming mad
Complete the quote for supernatural “Something wicked…”
“Something wicked this way comes”
Write out the analysis for:”Something wicked this way comes”
The witches foreshadow Macbeth’s arrival.
They make him seem supernatural by calling him ‘wicked’.
This shows that Macbeth is influenced by supernatural forces, and does not act by himself.
