Macbeth Flashcards
Who calls Macbeth ‘noble Macbeth’ and what does it show?
Duncan calls Macbeth ‘noble Macbeth’
- brave in battle
- adjective ‘noble’ shows admiration and respect for Macbeth (by the king)
Finish the quote ‘black and deep _____’
‘Black and deep desires’
What can you say about the quote ‘black and dark ambition’?
- tempted by ambition
- verb ‘desire’ suggests he craves wanting to be king
what can you say about the quotes ‘brave Macbeth’ ‘worthy Macbeth’?
- perfect hero, archetypal hero
- held in high regard
what can you say about the quote ‘chance may crown me without my stir’?
- ambition ‘vaulting ambition’
- acceptance to prophecy/witches
- speaks to himself (soliloquy)
what can you say about the quotes ‘i am his kinsman’ ‘plague the inventor’ ‘there will be judgment here’?
- said to himself (soliloquy)
- murder
- will be issues/knows it isn’t good (consequences)
- irony - doesn’t listen to own advise
- knows its a sin ‘judgment’
complete the quote ‘chance may _____ me without my ___’
‘chance may crown me without my stir’
complete the quote ‘_____ the inventor’
‘plague the inventor’
complete the quote ‘i am his ______’
‘i am his kinsman’
complete the quote ‘there will be ________ ____’
‘there will be judgement here’
complete the quote ‘full of ______ is my _____’
‘full of scorpions is my mind’
what can you say about the quote ‘full of scorpions is my mind’?
- to lady macbeth
- ‘scorpions’ poisonous, restless, ‘plague the inventor’
- decent into madness
complete the quote ‘which of ____ did ___’
‘which of you did this’
what can you say about the quote ‘which of you did this’?
- in front of everyone
- ghost of Banquo
- ill state of mind
- unhinged
- accusatory (blames others)
what can you say about the quote ‘to the weird sisters’?
- (soliloquy) to self
- wants to know more, afraid
- looks for solace
- how entrapped he is/ensnared
