Macduff Flashcards
“O, _______, __________, _________” - act 2 scene 3
“Horror” - repetition and power of 3 - horrified by the sight of Duncan’s dead body.
Also, repetition hints that the murder has had something to do with the supernatural
“Destroy your sight with a new ______” - act 2 scene 3
“Gorgon” - metaphor - thinks Duncan’s body is so horrific that people who look at it will go blind. Links to Medusa turning people to stone
Shows Macduff’s loyalty
“Shake off this ______ sleep” - act 2 scene 3
“Downy” - thinks the peace has been shattered and nobody will be able to sleep anymore because of Duncan’s death. Sleep linked to peace - no more peace
“They were ______” - act 2 scene 4
“Suborned” - thinks the guards were bribed by Malcolm and Donaldbain to kill Duncan.
Shows that Macduff is smart and intelligent to see this - makes him a threat to Macbeth (foreshadowing)
“As if it felt with Scotland and yelled out like a ___________________” - act 4 scene 3
“Syllable of dolour” - personification - shows Macduff thinks Scotland is suffering under Macbeth’s rule
“______, _______ poor country” - act 4 scene 3
“Bleed” - shows Scotland is dying under Macbeth. Links to the repeated motif of blood
“Of horrid hell can come a devil more ______ in evils to top Macbeth” - act 4 scene 3
“Damned” - showing a new genuine hatred towards Macbeth and how he is the devil. Nothing more evil than him. Macduff is now convinced he killed Duncan
“O nation ______!” - act 4 scene 3
“Miserable” - same idea of Scotland suffering under Macbeth
“With an _______ tyrant, ______ sceptered” - act 4 scene 3
“Untitled” and “bloody” - disrespectful towards Macbeth and thinks Malcolm should rule Scotland. Repeated motif of blood
“O _________!” Act 4 scene 3
“Hell kite” - distraught at the murder of his family. Thinks a bird has been sent from hell by Macbeth to kill them
“Turn, ____________, turn!” - act 5 scene 8
“Hell hound” - calls Macbeth the devil’s pet - insulting him to make him angry and more likely to fight Macduff
“My voice is in my ______, thou ________ villain” - act 5 scene 8
“Sword” and “bloodier” - Macduff is channeling his anger into the way he fights. Fighting harder because of how evil Macbeth is. Repeated motif of blood again
“Underwrit,’here you may see the ______” - act 5 scene 8
“Tyrant” - Macduff wants to humiliate him after he has killed Macbeth. Contextually, people put heads on sticks when you had killed them
“Th’ursurper’s ________ head” - act 5 scene 9
“Cursèd” - Macbeth is such an evil villain that his head is cursed.
“Most _______ murder” - act 2 scene 3
“Sacreligious” - the murder is unholy. Links to Macbeth being the devil
