Macbeth by Shakespeare Flashcards
Look like the ______ _______ but be the _______ under’t.
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t
Appearance vs Reality, Lady Macbeth telling Macbeth he must be the perfect host in order to hide their true purpose.
Yet do I fear thy _____ It is too full o’ the _______ of ______ ______
Yet do I fear thy nature it is too full o’ the milk of human kindness
Lady Macbeth believes Macbeth is not as ruthless as she is. She believes he is too kind to act upon the witch’s prophecies.
______ me _____
Unsex me here
Jacobean ideas of femininity prevent lady Macbeth from acting on her ambitions so she wishes to be rid of her femininity as acts of violence are thought to be masculine traits
Is this a ______ which I ____ before me
Is this a dagger which I see before me
Dagger is leading Macbeth towards Duncan, the dagger is foreshadowing the bloody murder. Iambic pentameter suggests uncertainty and weakness.
Full of ________ is my ______
Full of scorpions is my mind
Metaphor revealing Macbeth’s paranoia. The scorpions have replaced the ‘milk of human kindness’. He is now definitely the villain.
Be _______ of the knowledge _________ _______
Be innocent of the knowledge dearest chuck
Shows the change in relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth is now dismissing her using the terms of endearment
_____ me my ______
Give me my armour
Imperative suggesting power and authority. Macbeth is reverting back to his soldier persona where he feels more comfortable as it truly fits him.
______ hath ________ sleep
Macbeth hath murdered sleep
Macbeth distressed about murdering an innocent man while he was vulnerable. Moreover, Macbeth has taken advantage of what is supposed to be a peaceful state, and for the rest of the play sleep will represent a state of danger not so unrelated to death.
Is it ______?
Is it done?
Macbeth asks the murderers he sent to kill Banquo. This is a euphemism as Macbeth is unable to bring himself to say the word ‘murder’ or ‘kill’.
I ____ thou ________ most foully _____
I fear thou playd’st most foully for’t
Although Banquo and Macbeth are ‘mates’ Banquo has his suspicions that Macbeth has done something unlawful in order to get into the position that the ‘weird sisters’ prophesied
Thou ________ revenge — o _____
Thou may’st revenge – O slave!
Banquo urges his son, Fleance, to flee to safety, and charges him to someday revenge his father’s death. This sets the stage how the play will end, when Macbeth realizes that the Witches’ prophecy will come true, and Banquo’s children will rule Scotland.
_______, show thy _____!
Tyrant, show thy face!
Macduff calls on Fortune to help him find Macbeth and kill him, echoing the role of fate and the supernatural in the play, as represented elsewhere by the Witches.
Out _______ spot out I say
Out damned spot out I say
She is completely undone by guilt and has lost her mind. Similar to her husband’s guilt-induced hallucinations, Lady Macbeth has started seeing things that aren’t there – namely, blood on her hands, a physical manifestation of her guilt over her part in Duncan’s murder.