Tyranny V Kingship Flashcards
1:4 Duncan
Kingship
Speaking highly of Macbeth.
Duncan owes Macbeth more than he can pay him – applauding his commitment to Scotland through his actions as a soldier.
“Worthiest Cousin…More thy due than all can pay”
1:7 Macbeth
Kingship
Duncan has never been a tyrant (he is the ideal king)
“hath borne facilities so meek”
1:7 Macbeth
Kingship
Everyone glorifies Duncan due to his good nature and will idolise and morn his death like a newborn because he was such a peoples king.
“great office…his virture/…Will plead like angels…/and pity, like a newborn babe.”
1:7 Macbeth
Kingship
Macbeth is getting a lot of praise by Duncan for his appointment as thane of Cawdor and his actions in war.
Basically saying we are not to kill him we will not follow through with this plan.
“proceed no further in this business/ He hath honoured me of late.”
3:2 Macbeth
Tyranny
Metaphor of slashing the snake but hasn’t fulling killed it. Refers to already killing Duncan but there are still other factors that need to be dealt with in order to secure his kingship (Banquo and his kid)
“We have scorched the snake, not killed it”
3:3 Banquo
Tyranny
“O Treachery”
3:4 Macbeth
Tyranny
Banquo is the serpent, Fleance is the worm. In time the worm that escaped will be a threat to his kingship.
“There grown serpent lies, the worm that’s fled/ Hath nature that in time will venom breed”
3:6 Lennox
Tyranny
Macbeth is a tyrannt king. He leads through fear.
“May soon return to this our suffering country/ Under a hand accursed.”
4:1 Macbeth
Tyranny
Oath to kill Macduff
“I’ll make assurance double sure/…thou shalt live.”
4:1 Macbeth
Tyranny
Killing continues as he feels threatens by Macduff fleeing to England. He is killing anyone in his residents and his family. Tyrant – his morality is corrupted
Shows anyone who comits treason/goes agianst him will suffer - instilling fear.
“His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls.”
4:3 Macduff
Tyranny
Macbeth is ruling through fear and Scotland is reaping the consequences.
- it’s in a bad state because there is a tyrant of the throne
“New windows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows”
4:3 Malcom
Tyranny
How his once ‘friends’ and ‘acquaintances’ once loved him and praised him now degrade him.
“This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, / was once thought honest”
4:3 Macduff
Tyranny
reiterating how Scotland is being treated and ruled under Macbeths tyrant rule.
“Bleed, bleed, poor country”
4:3 Malcom
tyranny
Macbeth has enslaved the country.
As each day passes Macbeth ruins it even more.
2 quotes…
“our country sinks beneath the yolk”
“it weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash/ is added to her wounds.”
4:3 Malcom
Tyranny
After Malcom suggests after some of his actions it makes Macbeth look as pure as snow. MacDuff replies asking how one could be more evil than Macbeth.
“of horrid hell can come a devil more damned/ in evils to top Macbeth.”
