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‘What he hath lost________”

Act 1 Scene 2

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‘the noble Macbeth hath won’
Duncan
Act 1 scene 2

Echos the witches’ words, however he doesn’t speak in riddles so his goodness is emphasised

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‘but in a sieve________________’

Act 1 Scene 3

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‘___ I’ll thiether sail, And like a rat without a tail, I’ll do, I’ll do and I’ll do.’
act 1 scene 3
Witch

The use of repetition emphasises the relentless nature and merciless intent of the witches. The unnatural imagery of the rat associates the witches with deformity and emphasises their link with the supernatural

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‘so foul and fair___________’

Act 1 Scene 3

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‘__ a day I have not seen’
Macbeth
act 1 scene 3

echoes Witches’ words and establishes a connection between them

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‘you should be women_______________’

Act 1 Scene 3

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‘____ And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so’
Banquo
Act 1 Scene 3

like women accused of witchcraft in Early modern England, plays on Jacobean audience’s fears. Add to evil tone of the play

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‘Lesser than Macbeth, ________’
‘N______,Y_________’
Act 1 Scene 3

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‘____ and greater’
‘Not as happy, yet much happier’
Witches

act one scene 3
speak in equivocations and riddles - taunting Macbeth - show how Macbeth is being manipulated

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…to win us to our harm,t___i___of______d____t__u_t__……to_____In_____’
Act 1 Scene 3

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____ the instruments of darkness tell us truths …… to betray’s In deepest consequence.
Banquo
Act 1 scene 3

conscious of a world where spirits want to engage with human activity. Link to his ‘descendant’ of James I so wanting to emphasise his goodness over Macbeths

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‘Whose horrid image doth _________’ (1/3)

Act 1 Scene 3

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‘unfix my hair’
Macbeth
act 1 scene 3

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‘And make my seated ___________________’ (2/3)

Act 1 Scene 3

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‘heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?’
Macbeth
act 1 scene 3

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‘My thought, whose murder yet _________________________’ (3/3)
Act 1 Scene 3

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‘is but fanastical, Shakes so my single state of man’
Macbeth
Act 1 scene 3

Thinks himself to be good man with morals, showing that he is shocked at his own reaction.

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‘Stars, hide your fires ________________’

Act 1 Scene 4

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‘let not light see my black and deep desires’
Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 4

emphasises on Macbeth’s link to darkness - shows his dark desires - act under of darkness

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‘Yet I do fear thy nature, ________________

Act 1 Scene 5

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it is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness
Lady Macbeth
Act 1 scene 5

know that Macbeth is too nice - she will have to spur him

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‘Come you spirits that _____ on ____ thoughts, _____ __ _____’
Act 1 Scene 5

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tend, moral, unsex me here
Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5

transgresses feminine qualities such as kindness and purity in order to stop her feeling remorse.

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top full Of ____ ____

Act 1 Scene 5

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Direst cruelty
Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5

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‘Stop up th’access ___ _____ __ ________’

Act 1 Scene 5

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‘and passage to remorse’
Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5

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‘come to my woman’s breasts________’

Act 1 scene 5

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‘take my milk for gall you, murdering ministers’
Lady Macbeth
Act 1 scene 5

taking a good human force and corrupting it.

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‘Look like the innocent flower…………’

Act 1 Scene 5

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‘but be the serpent under’t
Lady Macbeth’
Act 1 Scene 5

link to the gunpowder plot - emphasising their corruption

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‘Golden opinions from all sorts of people, which would be ______________.’
Act 1 Scene 7

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‘Worn now in their newest gloss, not cast aside so soon.’
Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7

Enjoy the options, is thought well upon by his peers - motif of clothes

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‘Art thou afeared To be the same ________, As___________?’

Act 1 Scene 7

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‘Thine own act and valour, as thou art in desire?’
Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7

manipulating him but appealing to him as a solider by bringing his honour into question

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‘I dare do all that may become a man, ________________’

Act 1 Scene 7

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‘Who dares more, is none.’
Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7

doesn’t want to transgress his moral boundaries, if he goes beyond what he is know it is wrong

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‘Have plucked the nipple from ___________, And ______________’
Act 1 Scene 7

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‘From his boneless gums, And dashed the brains out, had I sworn As you have done to this.’
Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7

violent imagery, contrasting with the vulnerability of the child - physiologically blackmailing him

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‘False face must hide _________doth____’

Act 1 Scene 7

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‘What the false heart doth know.’
Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7

theme of concealment and secrecy

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‘vaulting ambition, which o’er-leaps ______,And______th’_____’
Act 1 Scene 5

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itself, And falls on th’other
Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5

compares his ambition to a rider - doesn’t view himself as ambitious enough - he will be over leaping beyond reason and landing somewhere unknown

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‘fair is foul…’

Act 1 Scene 1

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‘and foul is fair, Hover through the fog and filthy air’
Act 1 scene 1
Witch

subversion adds confusion - speak in riddles and equivocations
Imagery is unbalanced as the witches are shown to ‘hover’ between reality and the supernatural

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‘bloody instructions, which being taught, _____ __ _______ __’ _______’
Act 1 Scene 7

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return To plague th’ inventor’
Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7

aware that his guilt could come back to haunt him

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‘A heavy summons lies like ____upon_____,
……..
Give me my sword; ________?’
Act 2 Scene 1

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‘lead upon me,
who’s there?’
Banquo
Act 2 Scene 1

suspicious of Macbeth due to the witch’s prophecy // he can’t see Macbeth there, but instinctively knows that the man approaching him is bad

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I have ____ ___, and yet I ____ ____ _____.
// a false ______ Proceeding from h_____ o_____ b____?
// Now o’er the one half-world N____ s___ d___, and wicked d_________ The C_____S____.’
Act 2 Scene 2

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thee not, see thee still //creation, heat oppressed brain?
//Nature seems dies, and wicked dreams abuse The curtained sleep.
Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 2

very imaginative - gothic subconscious // going against the natural state of affairs

27
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‘Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
_______S____________,or___________.’
Act 2 Scene 2

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‘That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.’
Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 2

consigned Duncan to eternal rest - but he is consigning himself to live with unbearable guilt, murder happens off stage giving more suspense (and makes the murder worse due to power of suggestion) and leaving the rest of the play to focus on the aftermath

28
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‘That which hath made them drunk, ________me ____;
What hath quenched them, _______fire.’
Act 2 Scene 2

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Hath made me bold;
hath given me fire.
Lady Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 2

feels alive due to the murder

29
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‘Had he not resembled My__________,________done’t. ‘

Act 2 Scene 2

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‘My father as he slept, I had done’t.’
Lady Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 2

Shows the other side of her, not as strong as she seems but has to be for Macbeth

30
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‘As they had seen me ______ _________‘_ _________.
…… I could not say A____.’
Act 2 Scene 2

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these hangman’s hands.
/ Amen
Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 2

conveys the start of his journey towards becoming a cold hearted killer - shows his regret as this is how he now views himself// turned away from God

31
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‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean w___ t____ b____ c_____ f____ m_ h___?’
/ ‘The multi______ sea incarnadine, m______ t__ g____,one r__.’
Act 2 Scene 2

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wash this blood Clean from my hand?
/ multitudinous, Making the green, one red.
Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 2

strong imagery - contrasting from Lady Macbeth - all the sea couldn’t wash the blood from his hands

32
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‘a little water clears _____________.’

Act 2 Scene 2

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‘us of this deed.’
Lady Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 2

33
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‘Sleep no more. M______ does murder s______’

Act 2 Scene 2

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Macbeth does murder sleep’
Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 2

importance of sleep - he won’t be able anymore due to his guilt (Shakespeare said himself that a sleepless mind is a troubled mind)

34
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Macbeth is sad
‘Consider it N__ s_ d_____ ‘
Act 2 Scene 2

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Not so deeply.
Lady Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 2

35
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‘memorise another Golgotha’

act 1 Scene 2

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act 1 scene 2
about the battle
Captain

Blood affair of the battle - adds to the gothic tone to the battle

36
Q

Confusion hath ________ his ________________

A

Made, masterpiece
Macduff
Act 2 scene 3

emphasises that Duncan’s murder is a complete unnatural confusion

37
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‘Help me hence, ho’

Act 2 Scene 3

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Lady Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 3

Macbeth is going off plan and is regaining control - overwhelms her

38
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‘Yet dark night strangles t_____ travell___ l____.’

Act 2 Scene 4

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‘the travelling lamp.’
Ross
Act 2 Scene 4

night is like an entity - covering the day for Mabeth and Lady Macbeth to commit acts under the cover of darkness.

39
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‘As the weird women promised, and I fear T_____play’st m_____ f____ for’t.’
Act 3 Scene 1

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‘Thou played’st most foully for’t.’
Banquo
Act 3 Scene 1

suspects Macbeth’s treachery

40
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Macbeth about Banquo
And in his royalty of nature reigns that ______be f_______.
Act 3 Scene 1

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Which would be feared.
Macbeth
Act 3 Scene 1

feels inferior to Banquo and his goodness

41
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We have scorched the snake, not___________//
But let the f____ o_ t_____ dis_____, both the worlds suffer.
Act 3 Scene 2

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not killed it // frame of things disjoint.
Macbeth
Act 3 Scene 2

Snake is metaphorical of Duncan - as he lives on through his sons // Macbeth is becoming more reckless, he is willing to let the universe to disjoint - becoming more detached from the world

42
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‘O, full of ________________, dear wife.’

Act 3 Scene 2

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full of scorpions is my mind,
Macbeth
Act 3 Scene 2

Violent imagery - emphasising how his mind is in turmoil showing how the guilt is poisoning Macbeth’s mind

43
Q

Be innocent _______know______,_________.

Act 3 Scene 2

A

of the knowledge, dearest chuck.
Macbeth
Act 3 Scene 2

taking charge, but argued that he is sparing her from any more guilt - ‘chuck’ is a term of endearment

44
Q

come sealing _____……… cancel and ____ to pieces that ____ ____ which _____ me _____
act 3 scene 2

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tear, great bond, keeps (me) pale
Macbeth
Act 3 scene 2

takes strength from night// ambiguous expression - signifying the common bond that bind Macbeth to common humanity which he needs to transgress

45
Q

but now I am c______, cr_____, co_______

A

cabined, cribbed, confined
Macbeth
Act 3 Scene 2

frustration - closed in by his guilt

46
Q

Are you a man?

A

Lady Macbeth
Act 3 Scene 2

echos back to her manipulation of Macbeth - questioning his manhood

47
Q

[what is the night?] almost at odds with morning, ______ is ______.

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which is which.
Lady Macbeth
Act 3 Scene 4

even the hours of the day are uncertain

48
Q

Even till destruction _______, answer me To _____ I ___ ____

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sicken, what I ask you.
Macbeth
Act 4 scene 1 - visit to witches

willing to sacrifice everything, emphasising his increasing detachment from the world

49
Q

this tyrant, whose ____ ____ blisters ___ _______

was once _____: you have ______ed him well

A

sole name, our tongues, honest, loved
Malcolm
Act 4 scene 3 - speaking about Macbeth

50
Q

Angels are bright still, though ____ __________ ____

A

the brightest fell
Malcolm
Act 4 scene 3

referencing Lucifer and comparing him to Macbeth

51
Q

she has light by her continually; ‘___ ___ c__________

A

tis her command
gentlewoman
Act 5 Scene 1
Trying to keep away the same spirits which she called on

52
Q

all the perfumes of Arabia will not _______ this ______ ______

A

sweeten, little hand
Lady Macbeth
Act 5 Scene 1

echos Macbeth,

53
Q

the time has been my senses would have _____ to hear a _____-______,

A

cooled to hear a night-shriek
Macbeth
Act 5 Scene 5

shows how he has transgresses his moral values and doesn’t feel connected to the world anymore

54
Q

To doubt th’__________ of the fiend, that lies ______ _____

A

equivocation, like truth
Macbeth
Act 5 Scene 5

echos Banquo, realising the witches were tricking him

55
Q

Turn, ____-______, turn

A

Hell-hound
Macduff
Act 5 Scene 8

56
Q

Of this dead ________, and his _____-like queen

A

butcher, fiend-like
Malcolm
Act 5 Scene 9

short statements for complex characters therefore is a reduction of them, the audience perception is different from Malcolm’s as we know his state of mind from the offset

57
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out, ____ ________ _________, Life’s but a ___________ ________, a _____ ________ that struts and ______ his hour upon the __________, and then __ ________ no more.

A

out brief candle, walking shadow, poor player, frets, stage, is heard
Macbeth

Life is an illusion - sympathy created for Macbeth, sees life as nothing but a ‘poor player’ - vehicle of Macbeth is used by Shakespeare

58
Q

put _______ in the vessel of my _____….. and mine _______ ______ given to the _______ enemy of ___
Act 3 Scene 1

A

rancours (bitterness), peace, eternal jewel, common, man
Macbeth

He has irrevocably corrupted a key part of his ‘immortal soul’ by committing Duncan’s murder

59
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but yet i’ll make _________ _______ // his wife, ___ ______ and all _________ ____
Act 4 Scene 2

A

assurance double // his babes, unfortunate souls
Macbeth

gotten used to killing - his lack of hesitation emphasises his emotional and moral change since Duncan’s murder

60
Q

I may _____ my spirits in ______ ___, and _____ with the _______ of my _____
Act 1 Scene 5

A

pour, thine ear, chastise, valour, tongue
Lady Macbeth

tongue was regarded as a woman’s greatest weapon - but overuse was seen as unwomanly - uses a female virtue to her advantage. Associated with poisons of the period.

61
Q

bring ______ ___-______ only

Act 2 Scene 1

A

forth men-children
Macbeth

his ambition emphasised as e becomes more rallied

62
Q

Out _____ ____

A

damn spot
Lady Macbeth

refers to Duncan’s blood on her hands has stained her and her conscience,

63
Q

who would have thought ___ ____ ___ __ ____ __ _____ _____ __ ____?

A

the old man to have so much blood in him?
Lady Macbeth

Use of rhetorical questions emphasises her lack of control and she isn’t in control of her own thoughts.
Highlighted by her now speaking in blank verse - more commonly used for lower status characters

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