Quotations Flashcards
What quotes show how the fist scene is immediately established as unnerving ?
- ‘Thunder and lightning.’ [ sets an unnerving atmosphere, uninhabited, desolate ]
- ‘In thunder lightning, or in rain?’ [ stichomythia - chant, incantation to the devil, gives them strange effect ]
- ‘Fair is found and foul is fair’ [ antithesis, creates deliberate confusion through riddles ]
What quotes show character’s initial impressions of Macbeth ?
- ‘Doubtful it stood’ [ initially looked bad, at disadvantage ]
‘valour’s minion’ [ strong courageous leader ] - ‘ For brave Macbeth…’ [ shows many praise him, initial impression from Captain ]
- ‘O valiant cousin…’ [ Duncan holds Macbeth in high regard ]
- ‘ What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.’ [ ‘lost and ‘won’ both used in witches speech, as if echoing their words indicating to foreshadowing, as if influenced by them ]
What quotes show Macbeth and Banquo are equal ?
- ‘ Macbeth and Banquo?’ [ introduced together, both thanes/lords in army and are equals]
What quotes show the powers of the witches ?
- ‘I’ll give thee a wind.’ [ shows witches powers, control of weather, AO3 = Jacobean audience would have believed that they could control winds ]
- ‘Ill drain him dry as hay…’ [ simile, demonstrates horrific actions witches can do ]
- ‘Macbeth doth come.’ [ shows they have prophetic foresight to some degree, proves they are real witches ]
What quotes establish Macbeth’s connection to the witches ?
- ‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen.’ [ Macbeth’s first line immediately establishes connection between himself and witches ]
What quotes show the obscure appearance of the witches ?
- ‘. not like th’inhabitants o’th’earth’ [ Banquo says the witches look unnatural, alien-like and don’t belong on earth ]
- ‘Beards forbid…’ [ not woman-like, grotesque , demonic qualities ]
What quotes show the property of the witches/ the prosthetic abilities ?
- ‘ Thane of Cawdor.’ [ prophecy, Macbeth docent know he earns that title yet ]
- ‘ Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.’ [ antithesis, purposefully ambiguous, puts into question what that could possibly mean ]
What quotes show Macbeth first becoming corrupt ?
- ‘If good, why do I yield to that suggestion?’ [ A terrible thought has arose, killing Duncan in order to become king , deliberately vague ]
What quotes the naivety of Duncan’s trust / in traitors around him ?
- ‘There’s no art/ To find the mind’s construction in the face.’ [ repentant, Duncan say she couldn’t recognise Malcom scheming. Shows naivety and irony since Macbeth is doing the same ]
- ‘O worthiest cousin,’ [ Sees Macbeth in extremely high regard ]
What quotes show Kingship/ The Divine Rights of Kings after Macbeth hears the prophecy ?
- ‘In doing it, pays itself’ [ Macbeth is humble, shows an example of The Divine Rights of Kings, reminds us of James beliefs and promotion of the idea ]
‘We will establish…’ [ Use of royal pronoun ‘we’ , speaking as ye but on behalf of God and people ]
After Duncan announces Malcom become King, what quotes show Macbeth’s desire to kill him ?
- ‘ Let not light see my black and deep desires.’ [ suggest his desires are dark, evil , immoral and does not want to show them, be exposed to god ]
What quotes show how Lady Macbeth views Macbeth ?
- ‘too full of milk o’t’milk of human kindness…’ [ milk symbolises nurture, care and motherhood, shows Lady Macbeth thinks he’d to empathetic / reader may be surprised since knows he can be equally brutal ]
What quotes show Lady Macbeth purposefully become corrupt/ go to the dark side ?
- ‘Unsex me here’ [ verb, incantation chant-like, shows she wants to be rid of her femininity and become cured instead of nurturing /caring ]
- ‘ Take my milk … Come, thick night’ [ wants to be stripped of compassion and welcomes the darkness / wants to also conceal her desires for Duncan’s death ]
What quotes show Lady Macbeth wanting to / manipulating Macbeth to kill Duncan ?
- ‘Pour my spirits in thine ear.’ [ shows she thinks she can convince him, manipulate ]
- ‘Look like t’innocent flower but be the serpent under it[ look and appear innocent but become cunning - biblical reference to serpent and Eve ]
What quotes show how manipulative Lady Macbeth is when Duncan arrives at Macbeth’s castle ?
- Done double’ [ says she’s done everything twice as well just for Duncan’s arrival, shows how manipulative and humble Lady Macbeth can be ]
What quotes show Macbeth contemplating the consequences of Duncan’s death ?
- ‘ If it were done…’ [ ambiguous pronoun ‘it’ , shows he doesn’t want to say it even to himself ]
- ‘Will plead like angels, trumpet-tounged against The deep damnation…’ [ religious imagery, shows angels will speak against his murder/ when he dies people will recognise his good virtues and cry out against it ]
What quotes show Lady Macbeth calling Macbeth cowardly to kill Duncan ?
- ‘Now to look so green and pale’ [ she says he looks sick/ uncertain and cowardly ]
- ‘When you durst do it, then you were a man.’ [ emasculating him, saying he is not a man if he doest kill the king, manipulating him ]
- ‘And dashed the brains out…’ [ says if she swore to kill her child she would, grotesque imagery, would ave horrified Jacobean audience ]
What quote shows Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s detective appearances ?
- ‘False face must hide what the false heart doth know.’ [ themes of deception, false appearance/ act sad ]
What quotes create an eery atmosphere on the night of Duncan’s murder ?
- ‘The moon is down…’ [ indicates its dark, sets an eery and unnerving atmosphere leading up to Duncan’s death ]
What quotes show Banquo’s loyalty to Duncan ?
- ‘But still keep My bosom franchised and allegiance clear’ [ shows Banquo’s unwavering loyalty to the King ]
What quotes show how horrible the deed is to Macbeth prior to murder ?
- ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle towards my hand?’ [ shows he hallucinates the dagger, may symbolise his ambition, the witches guiding him to do the deed ]
- ‘wicked dreams abuse the curtained sleep…’ [ shows he cannot sleep, is awake, his ambitions are controlling him ? ]
What quotes show building of suspence after the murder ?
- ‘an owl shrieks’ [ owls where recognised as bad omens by Jacobean era, declares something bad has happened , creates tense opening ]
- ‘Knock’ [ repetitive knocking indicates a build up / something coming towards them / suspense ]
What quotes shows the effects of the murder on Macbeth immediately after it has happened ?
- ‘ Wherefore could not I pronounce ‘Amen’?’ [ portrays his conscience, is unable to say amen - indicates he’d been corrupted by sin/ Gad has turned on him ]
- ‘Wash this blood clean form my hand?’ [ his hands are covered in blood, shows his guilt and regret, dosent know weather he will ever be received of the guilt ]
- ‘Wake Duncan with thy knocking…’ [ shows he wishes Ducan was alive and could wake up/ regretful ]
What quotes show the porter’s view of Macbeth’s castle ?
- ‘porter of hell-gate’ [ Shows he views Macbeth’s castle entrance as an entrance to hell / houses evil ]
- ‘ The obscure bird clamoured the livelong night…’ [ unnatural events could reflect disturbance in Divine Order , Duncan’s death ]
What quotes show character’s reactions to Duncan’s death ?
- ‘O horror, horror horror’ [ repetition emphases how horrific the sight must be, by it being repeated three times could link to supernatural / witches influence ]
- ‘His silver skin laced with his golden blood’ [ embroidered language shows its thought out and insincere
What quotes show Lady Macbeth’s deceptive nature after the murder in front of other characters ?
- Look to the lady.’ [ when pretending to faint, it shows how manipulative and cunning she is, would have horrified Jacobean era where women were viewed as very fragile ]
What quotes show the horrific effects of Duncan’s death on the natural order ?
- ‘Duncan’s horses … they eat each other.’ [ horses have gone wild/ chaotic, Macbeth’s actions have created this turbulence in Scotland - AO3 Shakespeare threatens audience with what will happen if king dies, grotesque imagery - shows significant of his crime ]
- ‘When living light should kiss it?’ [ Shows Earth has become trapped, abandoned by God and light, there is no good in the world ]
- ‘A falcon… Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed’ [ inferior becoming superior ]
What quotes show King Macbeth’s view of Banquo ?
- ‘We should have else desired your good advice…’ [ Use of royal pronoun ‘we’ and shows how he constantly asks for Banquo’s presence, wants to kill him ]
- ‘Fruitless crown…’ [ See’s Banquo as a threat to his position with no promised decendance form the prophecy ]
What quotes show King Macbeth becoming more corrupt with the threat of Banquo ?
- ‘Mine eternal jewel’ [ metaphor shows he has an immortal soul - suggests he gave it to satan and shows he has become consumed by darkness / corrupt ]
- ‘Affliction of these terrible dreams’ [ shows Macbeth has become corrupt since sleep is for those at peace with god , he is not ] ( different act )
What quotes show Macbeth manipulating executioners ?
- ‘To pray for this good man…’ [ Macbeth manipulates the executioners similarly to how Lady Macbeth manipulated him ,s how’s he’s become corrupt and he questions their manliness and their anger towards Banquo ]
What quotes shows Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s relationship deteriorating ?
- ‘we have scorched the snake, not killed it’ [ shows he steal feels under threat, metaphor for Duncan and Banquo’s prothetic desendance ]
- ‘You must leave this.’ [ short, shows outburst and disagreement, Mabeth has not informed her of executioners showing relationship breaking down ]
What quotes show how Macbeth’s ambition ironically led to his downfall with the murder of Banquo ?
- ‘Was’ not the way ?’ [ ironic, Macbeth’s worry and sending another mruderer has allowed for the prophecy to live on since Fleance continues to live ]
What quotes show the witches influence over King Macbeth ?
- ‘ Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth.’
- ‘Firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand.’ [ shows he’s become impulsive and is planning to kill Madoff’s family to punish him ]
What quotes show the extent of king Macbeth’s ambition ?
- ‘Young fry of treachery! [kills him ]’ [ Shows just how severe Macbeth’s ambition is to go to such lengths and kill a child, Jacob audience would have been horrified ]
What quotes show how King Macbeth has fallen, tragedy ?
- ‘Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.’ [ Deceptive appearances, refers to Lucifer who used to be God’s best angel however became Satan, metaphor for Macbeth’s once goodness turning into a corrupt ruler
- ‘More damned in evils to top Macbeth.’ [ emphasis how bad he is, cannot be compared ]
What quotes show the qualities of a king ?
- ‘Avaricious, false, deceitful…’ [ lists not kingly qualities, tyrannical ruler ]
- ‘ Devotion, patience, courage…’ [ lists kingly qualities , shows kingship ]
- ‘Sundry blessings and about his throne’ [ Edward was viewed as a good and virtuous king, juxtaposes Macbeth’s tyrannical reign ]
What quotes show Lady Macbeth succumbing to craze, insanity ?
- ‘ … she rubs her hands.’ [ shows she is continually trying to wash of the blood, still feels unwashable guilt for the death/ their crime ]
- ‘To bed, to bed, to bed.’ [ shows how her speech slowly becomes disjointed and thoughts become fragmented, portrays her weak grip on reality ]
- ‘Infected minds…’ [ has become corrupt ]
What quotes show order being restored in Scotland ?
- ‘Macbeth’s head’ [ viewed as a trophy , playwright starts and ends with the killing of a traitor, full circle ]
- ‘We shall not spend…’ [ immediately adopts royal pronoun, shows he is in his rightful place and Scotland is at peace ]
- ‘And to each one… see us crowned as scone.’ [ rhyming couplets show how order na harmony have been restored, Macbeth’s tyranny is over ]
what quotes show Duncan as a good king ?
- “Signs of nobleness like stars shall shine / On all deservers,” [ shows he rewards those who are noble, ‘stars like shine’ connote to divine power ]
what quotes show Duncan naming an heir ?
’ We will establish … our eldest, Malcom’ [ shows him providing security and stability in England by providing an heir ]
what shows Duncans trusting nature ?
- ‘He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust’ [ refers to macdonwald who was a traitor showing he’s a bad judge of character ]
‘ ‘valiant cousin..’ [ shows dramatic irony, kindness is susceptible to deceit ]
What quotes show universal hatred for Macbeth after his death ?
- ‘hell-hound’ [ dehumanised, seen as pure evil ]
- ‘dead butcher and his fiend like-queen’ [ connotations of devil and universal hatred ]
What quotes show how Macduff is patriotic ?
- ’ Bleed, bleed poor country.’ [ personifies Scotland to show how it is a body that suffers from tyrannical rule ]
- ‘O naton miserable! With an untitled tyrant.’ [ shows how country is in shambles by being governed by a usurper , effect of monarch ]
What quotes show Malcom’s character ?
- ’ country… weeps, it bleeds’ [ personifies it , shows appreciation and value for it like a loved one ]
‘ offering up a weak .. lamb, t’appease an angry god’ [ shows he’s not as easily trusting of macduff, suspects him to be a spy ]
What quote shows Macbeth’s initial violence ?
- ‘inseam’d him from the nave to th’chops’
What quotes show Macbeth’s view of masculinity ?
- ‘I dare do all that may become a man; who dares do more is none’ [ ties masculinity to honour more than violence ]
- ‘Whole as a marble, founded as rock … but now I am cabined, cribbed, confined … ‘ [ shows how masculinity is portrayed as powerful through rock and marble, how his fears lead him to becoming less masculine ( masculinity to be confined / trapped ) ]
What shows Macbeth’s insecurity ?
’ Prithee, peace…’ [ plea shows that in response to him being called a coward by lm, he can’t stand his masculinity being questioned ]
What quotes show Macduff’s view of masculinity ?
- ‘I shall do so; but also feel it as a man’ [ shows that repressing emotions wouldn’t be fair for his family and Shakespeare shows a cold-hearted nature for man in unnatural ]
- ‘All my pretty ones ? Did you say all? … All?’ [ shows strong parental love and how masculinity can be tender
Quotes that show Macbeth’s ambition ?
- ‘I have no spur … but only vaulting ambitions…’ [ Portrays ambition s the driving force for his actions and the murders he commits , shows the danger of it which AO3 would have known ]
- ‘which o’erlaps itself and falls on the other…’ [ shows that it an lead to being overambitious ]
What quotes show the consequences of Macbeth’s crimes in regards to heaven ?
- ‘We’d jump the life to come!’ [ will be mortal and be fully abandoned by God after committing murder ]
What quotes show hallucinations of guilt ?
- ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me’ [ Guilt already taken hold, shows he can’t distinguish form reality ]
- ‘Imposters of true fears…’ [ shows she initially is in denial of guilt ‘
- ’ Our, damned spots.’ [ how’s she is trying to wash her hands of a n invisible blood spot ]
