Macbeth Flashcards
Fair is foul and foul is fair,
Hover through the fog and filthy air
Rhyming couplet shows that witches pollute nature which hints at their supernatural power
For brave Macbeth
Establishes Macbeth as a hero which contrasts to the end of the play
So foul and fair a day I have not seen
Repetition echoes the witches whcih implies he is under the influence of the witches
That look not like th’inhabitants o’th’earth,
And yet on’t
Witches are unnatural
This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good
Ambiguity shows the situation is neither good nor bad
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical
Macbeth is already thinking of killing Duncan
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust
Dramatic irony makes the murder of Duncan seem a lot worse
Art not without ambition, but without
The illness should attend it
Macbeth potentially worried about Macbeth being too nice to kill Duncan
Come, you spirits
That tend my mortal thoughts, unsex me here
Lady Macbeth wants to reject her traditional female characteristics as she sees them as weak. Connects Lady Macbeth to the supernatural evil
Of direst cruelty; make thick my blood
Doesn’t want to feel guilt
O never
Shall sun that morrow see
Lady Macbeth is in control
Leave all the rest to me
Further emphasises the fact that Lady Macbeth is in control
Our poison’d chalice
Shows that violence is cyclical
The deep damnation of his taking off
Murder of Duncan
Vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself
Macbeth is self-destructive and ambition is his only motive
