Macbeth Act 1 Scene 5
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- Created on: 01-04-17 17:42
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- Act 1,Scene 5
- "my dearest partner of greatness"
- shows relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
- "too full o'th'milk of human kindness/To catch the nearest way"
- "the nearest way" shows ambition in Lady Macbeth
- "wouldst wrongly win"
- oxymoron of "wrongly win" is similar to witches
- could imply evil in character
- alliteration makes text obscure and frantic
- shows intense emotion and ambition
- oxymoron of "wrongly win" is similar to witches
- Lady Macbeth uses language of witches e.g. oxymoron, "shalt", "all-hail", alliteration)
- "That I may pour thine spirits in thine ear"
- reference to Hamlet and King Claudius
- implies that her words are poison
- shows her dominance in relationship
- reference to Hamlet and King Claudius
- "the raven himself is hoarse"
- symbolic - the raven is an ill-omen
- foreboding - ravens were found on battlefields linking to death and murder
- "make thick my blood"
- hyperbaton shows ambition and intense emotion
- inverted syntax stresses "thick" and "blood"
- uses "crown" showing thoughts of royalty and ambition
- half-line breaks in speech suggest partnership and equality in relationship
- Lady Macbeth uses imeratives showing dominance and control
- "look like the innocent flower/But be the serpent under't"
- reference to Genesis and the Garden of Eden
- reference to devil ("serpent") suggests evil
- reference to Genesis and the Garden of Eden
- "leave all rest to me"
- "my dearest partner of greatness"
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