Macbeth Flashcards
what are the key themes in Macbeth
- good versus evil
- the dangers of ambition
- the influence of supernatural forces
- the contrast between appearance and reality
- gender
appearance vs reality act1 of Macbeth
“fair is foul and foul is fair”- witches(A1S1)
“Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s/ In deepest consequence”- Banquo(A1S3)
appearance vs reality middle of play
“Is this a dagger which I see before me”- Macbeth(A2S1)
“there’s daggers in men’s smiles”- Donalbain (A2S3)
“Thou canst not say I did it”- Macbeth to Banquo’s ghost (A3S4)
appearance vs reality end of the play
“Black Macbeth/ Will seem as pure as snow”- Malcom (A4S3)
“doubt th’equivocation of the fiend”- Macbeth about witches (A5S5)
Ambition in act 1
“let light not see my black and deep desires”- Macbeth (A1S4)
“Unsex me here”…“take my milk for gall”- Lady Macbeth (A1S5)
Ambition middle of the play
“Wake Duncan with thy knocking: I would thou couldst”- Macbeth (A2S2)
“We have scorched the serpent not killed it”- Macbeth (A3S2)- never satisfied
“Upon my head they place a fruitless crown” Macbeth (A3S1)
Ambition at the end
“untie the winds let them fight/ Against the churches”- Macbeth (A4S1)
“I have almost forgot the taste of fears”- Macbeth (A5S5)
violence at the start of the play
“Bellona’s Bridegroom” -Ross (A1S2)
“whose murder yet is but fantastical” -Macbeth (A1S3)
violence middle
“Macbeth does murder sleep”- Macbeth (A2S2)
“Full of scorpions is my mind” -Macbeth (A3S2)
violence towards the end of the play
Macduff son referred to as “young fry of treachery”- murder (A4S2)
“Savagely slaughtered” -Ross to Macduff (A4S3)
“My voice is in my sword, thou bloodier villain” Macduff (back to noble)
“Here’s the smell of blood still” Lady Macbeth (A5S1)
gender at the start of the play
“Valour’s minion” -Captain (A1S2)
“Unsex me here”… “Take my milk for gall”- Lady Macbeth (A1S5)
“Screw your courage to the sticking place” -Lady Macbeth (A1S7)
gender in the middle of the play
“‘tis the eye of childhood/ that fears a painted devil”- Lady Macbeth (A2S2)
“dearest chuck”- Macbeth (A3S2)
gender end of the play
“poor prattler, how talk’st” Lady Macduff joking with her son(A4S2)
“But I must also feel it as a man”- Macduff (A4S3)
“My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still” Macduff (A5S7)
good vs evil start of the play
“Bellona’s Bridegroom” -Ross (A1S2)
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen” -Macbeth (A1S3)
“too full o’th’milk of human kindness” -Lady Macbeth (A1S5)
good vs evil in the middle of the play
“Is this a dagger which I see before” -Macbeth(A2S1)
“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”-Donalbain (A2S3)
“Where our desire is got without got without content” -Lady Macbeth (A3S2)
Good vs evil end of play
“untie the winds let them fight/ Against the churches”- Macbeth (A4S1)
“I have almost forgotten the taste of fears” -Macbeth (A5S5)
Witches/ supernatural start of the play
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” -witches (A1S1)
“so foul and fair a day I have not seen” -Macbeth (A1S3)
“Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s/ In deepest consequence”- Banquo(A1S3)
“Unsex me here”… “Take my milk for gall”- Lady Macbeth (A1S5)
witches/ supernatural in the middle
“Is this a dagger which I see before me” -Macbeth (A2S1)
“Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown” -Macbeth (A3S1)
“Thou canst not say I did it”- Macbeth to Banquo’s ghost (A3S4)
“bear/ His hopes above wisdom” -Hecate (A3S5)
witches/ supernatural end of Macbeth
“untie the winds let them fight/ Against the churches”- Macbeth (A4S1)
“Black Macbeth/ Will seem as pure as snow”- Malcom (A4S3)
“I have almost forgotten the taste of fears” -Macbeth (A5S5)
