Macbeth - Literature Themes

Question 1

“Be innocent of the knowledge dearest chuck”

Answer 1

Theme: Ambition

Question 2

“I have given suck…”

Answer 2

Theme: Ambition

Question 3

‘Stars hide your fires let not light see my black and
deep desires

Answer 3

Theme: Ambition

Question 4

‘Disdaining fortune with his brandished steel’

Answer 4

Theme: Fear/Guilt

Question 5

‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean
from my hand?’

Answer 5

Theme: Fear/Guilt

Question 6

‘Never shake thy gory locks at me’

Answer 6

Theme: Fear/Guilt

Question 7

‘Some say the earth was feverous and did shake’

Answer 7

Theme: Kingship

Question 8

‘Art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation’

Answer 8

Theme: Fear/Guilt

Question 9

‘It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash Is added to her
wounds.

Answer 9

Theme: Kingship

Question 10

“Fair is foul and foul is fair”

Answer 10

Theme: Supernatural

Question 10

‘O full of scorpions is my mind dear wife

Answer 10

Theme: Kingship

Question 11

Art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation’ (2nd)

Answer 11

Theme: Supernatural

Question 12

Never shake thy gory locks at me’ (2nd)

Answer 12

Theme: Supernatiral