Macbeth - Macbeth Flashcards
How is Macbeth presented at the start of the play?
“brave Macbeth”
“Valiant cousin”
“Bellona’s bridegroom”
Macbeth wants to hide his true intentions:
“Stars hide your fires… Let not light see my black and deep desires”
Macbeth is aware that he will be punished:
“Bloody inventions…return to plague th’ inventor”
Dagger soliloquy:
“Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand?”
“Fatal vision”
Macbeth feels GUILT after murdering Duncan:
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood”
How is Macbeth’s never ending ambition and need for killing portrayed?
“We’ve scorched the snake not killed it”
Macbeth thinks he is invincible due to the 2nd set of prophecies:
“The mind I sway by and the heart I bear
Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.”
Macbeth realises the meaninglessness of life:
“She should have died hereafter”
“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow”
“Out, out, brief candle!”
How is Macbeth described by the end of the play? - (Antithesis)
“Tyrant”
“Hellhound”
“dead butcher”
