Macbeth Cards Flashcards
the witches discussing when they meet again in the opening scene
battle’s lost and won
King Duncan asking about the captain, he is unrecognisable
what bloody man is that
captain describing macbeths fighting as brave
brave macbeth
captain describing macbeths fighting as powerful with his sword
brandish’d steel
captain describing macbeths fighting very gory and vivid imagery
unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps
captain describing macbeths fighting he executes his enemies
smok’d with bloody execution
captain describing macbeths fighting Macbeth fights valourantly
like Valour’s minion
they are presented as equals by the captain
Macbeth and Banquo
Macbeth and Banquo are twice as powerful in the battle as describes by the captain
cannons overcharg’d with double cracks
leads to dramatic irony as he is about to be pronounced thane of cawdor
with his former title greet macbeth
duncan gives the title to macbeth from the traitor, reflects battle lost and won quote
What he hath lost, noble macbeth hath won
the witches discussing how they would torment a sailor by not allowing him to sleep
sleep shall neither night nor day
the witches are doing an incantation?
peace, the charms wound up
reflects opening and is when macbeth sees the witches
so foul and fair a day I have not seen
banquo describing the witches as supernatural and abnormal when they first meet them
should be women and yet your bears forbid me to interpret that you are so
the three witches giving the prophecies to macbeth
all hail macbeth, hail to thee…
banquo asking macbeth why he fears the prophecy
why do you…fear things that do sound so fair?
banquos prophecies greater
lesser than macbeth and greater
banquos prophecies happier
not so happy yet much happier
witches describing both macbeth and banquo as equals
so all hail macbeth and banquo—Banquo and Macbeth all hail
banquo questions what just happened, not ready to accept
have we eaten on the insane root?
macbeths remark in response to banquo thinking that theyve gone mad
your children shall be kings
this line finishes off the iambic pentatmeter of Macbeths line, showing that they are equal
you shall be king
macbeth thinking its wrong for him to be called thane of cawdor as he doesnt know that he has been given the title
why do you dress me in borrow’d robes
this an aside that macbeth says how one of the prophecies is out the way and king is next! the aside shows his inner thoughts
the greatest is behind
talking about how one of the witches prophecies has come true
instruments of darkness tell us truths
Macbeth is toying with the idea of killing the king to overthrow him
my thought, whose murder is yet but fantastical
macbeth thinks that he might potentially become king without having to murder but isnt sure what to do
if chance will have me king, why chance may crown me without my stir
he decides that he is going to accept what will happen via fate and the rhyming couplet signifies the finality of his decision
come what may/…(day)
the thane of cawdor had a valourant and noble death
Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it
theme of deception as Duncan explains how he thought he could trust Cawdor but was betrayed
he was a gentleman on whom i built an absolute trust
Duncan continues to emphasise the equality between Macbeth and Banquo
Noble Banquo/ that has no less deserv’d
there is a pause between duncan saying this and giving an answer, almost ironic and definetly suspenseful as it would fulfil the 2nd prophecy
We will establish our estate upon(…)
this is an aside from macbeth where he says he is now contemplating killing malcolm to become the king
a step on which i must fall down or else o’erleap
this is an aside from macbeth where he says his deep desires are to kill Duncan/malcolm
let not light see my black and deep desires
Lady Macbeth is critical of her husbands lack of violence, contrasts earlier message of macbeth
Art not without ambition, but without the ilness should attend it
Macbeth is too moral at this point in the play to commit murder, he’s innocent
too full of the milk of human kindness
ravens symbolise death
the raven himself is hoarse
Lady Macbeth is sure Duncan will be murdered
fatal entrance of duncan
Lady Macbeth wants to be rid of her femininity so she can commit the heinous acts
come, you spirits…unsex me here
Lady Macbeth is hiding her heinous acts
come, thick night
with love LM adresses MB as equals, unusual as women are typically seen as weaker
my dearest love
Duncan will be dead tomorrow
o never shall sun that morrow see
put up a facade of innocence; conceal your evil, theme of deception
look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t
macbeth is not fully convinced by LM about killing Duncan
we will speak further
LM is taking a lead on the murder of duncan, unusual for woman to be so powerful
leave all the rest to me
Duncan remarks at how well Macbeths castle is presented, dramatic irony
in every point twice done and then done double
Duncan remarks at how LM has treated him, dramatic irony
fair and noble hostess
LM is a “spur” to Macbeth
and his great love, sharp as his spur
unusual for macbeth to be cut off whilst talking about ambition, he is interrupted by his wife
vaulting ambition which overleaps itself and falls on the other—
macbeth is against the idea and is not convinced of murdering Duncan
we will proceed no further in this business
LM questioning Macbeth’s masculinity about murdering Duncan
when you durst do it, then you were a man
LM is far more ambitious than macbeth
dash’d t he brains out had i so sworn
Macbeth is concerned how masculine LM has become that she could only have male offspring
bring forth men children only
macbeth reluctantly agrees to murder Duncan after being emasculated by LM
I am settled…to this terrible feat
rhyming couplet signifies finality of Macbeths decision to kill Duncan
show…know
Fleance has a torch signifying how he is hte light in the darkness as the father of a lineage of kings
torch bearer before him
banquo symbolising the passing on of things from one generation to the next
hold, take my sword
symbolises how darkness has come down over Banquo, motif of light and dark
candles are all out
Banquo remarks at the comfort of Macbeth’s castle, audience perceives dramatic irony
unusual pleasure
Macbeth lies that he doesnt think about the weird sisters
i think not of them
macbeth is contemplating if the dagger is an illusions, symoblising his violence
a dagger of the mind
Macbeth toys with the idea that his stress from what he’s about to do is getting to him
heat oppressed brain
macbeth drops the idea that the dagger is real
theres no such thing
Macbeth has decided to murder duncan finally, recurring motif of blood features
it is the bloody business which informs
the aura around Macbeths castle reflects Duncans presentation through nature
nature seems dead
owl represents death
i heard the owl scream
what macbeth has done is unholy
I could not say ‘amen’
macbeth has been told that he is going to eventually be made to go mad without sleep after Duncanc;s murder
sleep no more
macbeth has been told that he is going to eventually be made to go mad without sleep after Duncanc;s murder
Macbeth shall sleep no more
Macbeth literally has blood on his hands and theres so much of it
will all great neptunes ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?
LM saying how they are both guilty but macbeth is a coward in his heart
my hands are of your colour but i shame to wear a heart so white
metaphor of beds a graves, ironic as Duncan has been murdered
malcolm, banquo, as from your graves, rise
LM is seen as innocent completely, a woman could not murder?
o gentle lady
LM plays stupid and acts oblivious to the murder
woe, alas, what in our house
Duncans death is unnatural and is not the correct course of the kingship
breach in nature
Duncan being murdered goes against nature and is unnatural
tis unnatural
Banquo is suspicious of the murder of Duncan, reflects opening prophecy
i fear thou played’st most foully for it
doesnt finish the iambic pentameter, foreshadows Banquos murder as it is ended abruptly
forever knit
Macbeth innocentlyu questions how far Banquo is going so he knows he can murder banquo
is it far you ride?
ironically Macbeth tells Banquo to come to the feast even though he is going to be murdered
fail not our feast
innocently macbeth asks whether he will be able to murder fleance too
goes fleance with you?
the final time Macbeth sees Banquo alive
farewell.
you arent anything unless it is secure
to be thus is nothing but to be safely thus
Macbeth believes he wont have a succesor of his own blood
fruitless crown
macbeth’s actions have got rid of his inner peace and he feels he needs to become safer
put rancours in my vessel of peace
Macbeth gaslights the murderers that the murder of Banquo was their idea
Banquo was your enemy
Banquos murder finality,rhyming couplet and mention of heaven
Banquo, thy soul’s flight, If it finds heaven, must find it out tonight
the past is behind
whats done is done
they havent sealed the deal, they havent solved the problem as fleance lives
we have scorched the snake, not killed it
macbeth saying how there is no point to have killed people to have peace if you dont feel it
better be with the dead whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace
hide what you have done
disguising what they are
Macbeth is losing his mind to stress. it is “pinching” his brain
full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!
the murderers get rid of the hope that was banquos future
strikes out the light
Banquo knows that Macbeth has betrayed him as soon as he sees the murderers
o treachery!
banquos dying iwish is for his son to survive, very desperate
fly good fleance, fly, fly, fly!
matter of fact appearance of the theme of blood on the murderers
Theres blood upon thy face
Macbeth is hallucinating and sees banquos ghost and tells him to stop being disrespectful to macbeth
never shake thy gory locks at me
LM questioning Macbeth’s masculinity after he hallucinates Banquos ghost
are you a man?
Macbeth responds to LM that he is a man who is so awful, he’d scare the devil
ay and a bold one…which might appal the devil
LM is in disdain at her husbands supposedly feminine trait of fear at Banquo’s ghost
quite unmanned in folly
Macbeth gathers himself and repossesses his masculinity after his halkucination of Banquos ghost
i am a man again
Macbeth acknowledging that murder leads to more murder, also repetitive mention of the motif of blood
it will have blood they say, blood will have blood
LM notices macbeths illogical thought and tells him he needs sleep, references the themes of both guilt and the motif of sleep (lack of)
you lack the season of all natures, sleep.
Hecate, the greek goddess of magic and witchcraft is displeased at the witches messing with macbeth, alludes to the sailor story at the beginning
how did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth
repeated and signifies incantations, in trochaic tetrameter
double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble
Macbeth describes the witches in the middle of the play with typical reference to the theme of dark and light
secret, black and midnight hags
witches adress macbeth extremely directly when they tell him the second l ot of prophecies and how Macduff is his downfall
Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth: beware Macduff
seems paradoxical as man can only be born of woman
none of woman born shall harm Macbeth
Macbeth plans to kill Macduff’s family before he runs out of anger
This deed I’ll do before this purpose cools
Macduff describes Macbeth as a tyrant
This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues
Macduff talking about how he thinks that there is and always will be impertinent tyrants
In naturre is a tyranny
Macduff being extremely and plainly patriotic
O Scotland, Scotland!
Macduff describes macbeth as evil
Devilish Macbeth
Macduff being told about his wife and children despite them being dead, dramatic irony
Why, well/Well too
sibilance reflects evil, poor macduff’s whole family has been murdered
your wife and babes savagely slaughtered
malcolm tells Macduff to “man up”
disupute it like a man
macduff says how he also must mourn the loss, men also have emotions
i must also feel it as a man
let the murder fuel your fire against macbeth
blunt not the heart, enrage it
Macduff saying how he could cry and be sad but he needs to get rid of Macbeth
I could play the woman with mine eyes
Macduff describing Macbeth ass an ‘evil spirit’
fiend of Scotland
gentlewoman describing the state of LM when she was having hallucinations
all this while in a most fast sleep
Doctor observing and commentingon how it is very unusual for someone to sleep yet get none of the benefits from it, LM is going mad
a great perturbation in nature
LM wants to be rid of the blood on her hands
out damned spot
LM believes she will never be free from guilt
will these hands never be clean
LM cannot take the guilt, she believes that she will never be able to sweeten her hands
all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand
the doctor admits that LM is beyond saving
this disease is beyond my practice
LM repeats this 3x and it symbolises her literal lack of sleep but also has a double entendre of her death
to bed, to bed, to bed
the prophecy of the woods moving is coming true as the soldiers are gathering branches
let every soldier hew him down a bough and bear it before him
Macbeth reflecting on LMs reported death with sadness and pity, exclaiming how she should have lived longer
she should have died hereafter
Macbeth is very angry on hearing that the wood is appearing to move and threatens to hang the man after this
Liar and slave
Macbeth is relieved that he will at least die with armour on his back and will go down like a man with pride, honour and valour
At least we’ll die with harness on our back
Macbeth says that he is no coward and wants to go out like a man
Why should I play the roman fool
The third prophecy is coming true as macduff wasnt born of a woman
macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped
despite all the prophecies coming true, Macbeth is still keen to fight to protect his legacy and will try until he is killed
I will try the last
Young Siward’s death is glorified as it was in battle
like a man he died
further glorification of how fair the death of Young Siward was
I would not wish them to a fairer death
2 rhyming couplets signifies true finality yet also hints at the cyclic nature of the play
grace…place…one…scone
