Theme: Abuse Of Power And Kingship Flashcards
Duncan quote to show he praising Banquo, meaning he is willing to reward all those doing good. act 1, scene 4
“Signs of nobleness like stars shall shine / on all deservers,”
Duncan quote to show that he has interest in his followers Act 1, Scene 4
“I have begun to plant thee and will labour / To make thee full of growing”
Banquo quote to show his dedication for self-improvement and the success of others
“There if i grow, / The harvest is your own,”
MacBeth quote honouring Duncans honourable qualities Act 1, Scene 7
“Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been / So clear in his great office, that his virtues / Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against / The deep damnation of his taking-off”
Duncan quote telling MacBeth that he rewards those who do good Act 1, Scene 4
“More is thy due than more than all can pay”
Duncan quote punishing traitors and titling MacBeth Act 1, Scene 2
“Go pronounce his death / And with his former title greet MacBeth”
Duncan announcing Malcom as heir Act 1, Scene 4
“We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcolm”
Duncan quote on being to trusting Act 1, Scene 4
“Theres no art / To find the mind’s construction in the face. / He was a gentleman on whom I built / An absolute trust”
Duncan quote to show he doesn’t learn his mistake of being too trusted and getting betrayed again by MacBeth Act 1, Scene 2
“Valiant cousin, worthy gentleman”
Ducan implies its impossible to see through someones deception
“There’s no art / To find the mind’s construction in the face”
MacBeths noble qualities at the start of the play Act 1, Scene 2
“Brave Macbeth”, “Bellona’s bridegroom”, “Valour’s minion”
MacBeth as an unsuccessful leader Act 5, Scene 4
“None serve him but constrained things / Whose hearts are absent too”
MacBeth quote expressing his power and his abillity to persecute Banquo Act 3, Scene 1
“I could with my barefaced power sweep him from my sight / And bid my will avouch it, yet i must not”
MacBeth quote to show his inability to produce an heir and his jealousy of Banquo
“They hailed him cather to a line of kings. / Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown / And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, / Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, / No son of mine succeeding”
Quote of Macduff mourning his countrys loss, showing how patriotic he is
“Bleed, bleed, poor country. / Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, / For goodness dare not check thee”
