Macbeth Act 1 Scene 5

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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
    • 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
    • "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
    • "leave all rest to me"

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