Macbeth quotes

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"fair is foul and foul is fair"
Links to the theme of deception – things are not what they first seem ~ Daemonologie ~ Satan and witches were thought to disrupt nature ~ Oxymoron and alliteration
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“he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps”
Loyalty to Kings ~ M=brutal hero ~ ‘unseam’d’ shows his ruthless and violent skills ~ positive first impression
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First meeting with witches - to Macbeth
Thane of Glamis, Cawdor, king hereafter!
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First meeting with witches - to Banquo
"Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none"
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“ black and deep desires”
Theme of deception ~ Adjective ‘black’ – challenging a king is sinful ~ Adjective ‘deep’ -Macbeth tries to hide his desires ~ M=desperate for power and the crown
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“What, can the devil speak true?”
Surprised when he is made Thane of Cawdor ~ Witches tempt M ~ Contrasts and paradoxes – the Devil twists nature to confuse us ~ Audiences would have believed in witches and the devil
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“Unsex me here”
Gender roles ~ Is Lady Macbeth a witch? ~ Lady Macbeth is trying to control her husband ~ Verb ‘unsex’ – the unnatural lengths she’ll go to
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“look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under ”
coaching her husband on the FEMININE art of deception ~ Simile ~ Metaphor – ‘be the serpent’. Biblical story about Satan in the form of a snake
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“golden opinions”
Reputation is very valuable to M ~ tries to back out of the murder- already fortunate ~ ‘fatal flaw’ is ambition and not being grateful for the luck he already has
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“Sleep no more!”
something witches were thought to do to people ~ Macbeth is hearing voices- madness ~ Sleep - innocence and blessings ~M feels that God has rejected him
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“Our fears in Banquo stick deep”
Banquo knows about the witches’ prophecy-might suspect Macbeth ~ Banquo’s children could be King ~ Verb ‘stick’ - these fears won’t go away ~ M needs to commit more crimes to cover up the first
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“Full of scorpions is my mind”
overwhelmed with paranoid fears ~ Metaphor - Scorpions are dangerous and they sting ~ adjective ‘full’ -painful and confusing ~ suffering
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Second meeting with witches
Beware Macduff! , None of women born shall harm Macbeth , until Great Birnam wood [moves] to Dunsinane
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“Out damned spot!”
no longer able to deceive ~ LM, who told Macbeth that water would ‘clear him’ of Duncan’s blood, is now obsessed with cleaning her hands ~ reverted to being weak, as women were thought to be ~ Adjective ‘damned’ – Lady M is scared of going to hell
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“Out, out, brief candle!”
Witches have made Macbeth believe he is immortal – wishes he could die ~ Metaphor – comparing life to a candle- beautiful for a while but soon ends ~ Suicide would be seen as very sinful ~ Repetition of ‘out’ - Macbeth is desperate
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“this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen”
Duncan’s son is made King – all is put back where it belongs ~ Metaphor ‘butcher’ shows how unjust and violent M was. Adjective ‘fiend-like’, LM was working with Satan ~ . You should not challenge God or Monarchs - propoganda
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Card 2

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Loyalty to Kings ~ M=brutal hero ~ ‘unseam’d’ shows his ruthless and violent skills ~ positive first impression

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“he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps”

Card 3

Front

Thane of Glamis, Cawdor, king hereafter!

Back

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Card 4

Front

"Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none"

Back

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Card 5

Front

Theme of deception ~ Adjective ‘black’ – challenging a king is sinful ~ Adjective ‘deep’ -Macbeth tries to hide his desires ~ M=desperate for power and the crown

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