Described as so before we even see him Oxymoron: - Coward when he had to kill Duncan
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"only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other"
Shows how much ambition he now has to be king. Foreshadows his downfall
2 of 18
"Is this a dagger which i see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee"
Gone insane with his Desires to get the Throne - The dagger is controlling him, he was never in control "Thee" - talking to imaginary objects
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"This is a sorry sight"
He finds the act distressing, and feels sorrow for his actions
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"Will all great Neptune's ocean, wash this blood clean from my hand?"
He feels that even the God of sea's oceans will not be able to cleanse his hands - Shows the massiveness of the situation
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"The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon"
Ironic, calling his servant a coward when he was the same
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"Life's but a walking shadow ... It is a tale told by an idiot ... signifying nothing"
Believes life has no meaning and so all his actions mean nothing
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"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath"
Telling him that he should look innocent but strike like a snake (Evil)
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"Screw your courage to the sticking place"
Wants him to tighten up his courage so that they can kill Duncan -Courage is loose, he doesn't know what he wants
9 of 18
"Unsex me here"
The fact that she feels like she has to take over Macbeths role, shows how much of a coward he is
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"All the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand"
Hyperbole - It shows how much guilt she now feels for killing Duncan
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"Too full o' the milk of human kindness"
Insults Macbeth, saying that he is too pure to get the power he wants
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"Are you a man?"
Insults Macbeth by challenging his manhood, due to him being weak
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"Fair is foul and Foul is fair"
Motif that anything that looks good is really evil nad also shows that when something is good they turn it bad and when something is bad they make make it is positive.
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"All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter"
We don't know if he was meant to be king but the witches planted this idea in his mind, turning him evil (Victim)
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"When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning or rain"
Supernatural, no one likes to meet in gloomy weather. Shows their evilness, bad happens in this type of weather
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"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes"
Macbeth has come back as a paranoid tyrant for more information
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"Double, double toil and trouble"
Shows what they say can have double meanings
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Shows how much ambition he now has to be king. Foreshadows his downfall
Back
"only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other"
Card 3
Front
Gone insane with his Desires to get the Throne - The dagger is controlling him, he was never in control "Thee" - talking to imaginary objects
Back
Card 4
Front
He finds the act distressing, and feels sorrow for his actions
Back
Card 5
Front
He feels that even the God of sea's oceans will not be able to cleanse his hands - Shows the massiveness of the situation
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