macbeth Flashcards
his brandish’d steel which smoked with bloody execution
a sword is made of steel, it is burning hot with blood
Stars hide your fires. Let not light see my black and deep desires
he is asking the stars to hide their light so that no one will be able to see the dark desires he has inside him.
O full of scorpions is my mind
deranged
Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hands?
that there is enough blood on his hands to turn the entire sea red
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes (Witches, Act 4)
she senses the approach of something evil, referring to Macbeth himself, who arrives shortly after.
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
she wishes to share her innermost thoughts and desires with her husband.
Thunder and lightning. Enter three witches
disruption and chaos.
Beware Macduff
no man born of woman can harm him and that he will not be overthrown until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane.
