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“When the hurly-burly’s …
done, When the battle’s lost and won”
Rhyme scheme - witches speak like a chant
The witches can see into the future - power of the supernatural
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“Fair is foul …
and foul is fair”
Paradoxical language - witches speak in riddles, intend to confuse
Trochaic tetrameter - creates otherworldly language
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“Smoked with …
bloody execution”
Macbeth is celebrated for his bravery as it is in a patriotic sense
Brave soldier
Skilled swordsman
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“Unseamed him from …
the nave to th’ chops”
Display of his violence and savage nature
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“So foul and fair a day …
I have not seen”
Macbeth’s first line echoes the witches
They have control over him
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“Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor …
that shalt be king hereafter”
Ignites Macbeth’s hamartia
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“I am Thane of Cawdor why do …
I yield to that suggestion”
He is happy to be Thane of Cawdor but is wary of the witches
Having thoughts of murdering the king
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“Stars, hide your ….
fires; let not light see my black and deep desires”
Macbeth’s ambition is growing
Light imagery - he does not want to be seen, an act against the king is an act against god
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“Too full o’ th’ …
milk of human kindness”
Lady Macbeth fears her husbands kindness will ruin this for them
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“Pour my spirits in …
thine ear and chastise with the valour of my tongue”
Lady Macbeth wants to persuade Macbeth to murder
Snake imagery - evil
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“Take my milk …
for gall”
She wants to trade the ability to nourish a child for the ability to murder
Rejection of femininity
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“Vaulting ambition which …
o’erleaps itself”
Macbeth’s ambition is like an untameable horse
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“Plucked my nipple from his …
boneless gums and dashed the brains out”
Lady Macbeth is manipulating him into committing the murder
She is proving her psychotic side
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“Is this a dagger …
which I see before me”
Hallucinations show his guilt
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“But wherefore could not I …
pronounce Amen”
After his act of regicide he is now eternally damned
He has lost his connections with god
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“Macbeth does …
murder sleep”
Macbeth will no longer be at peace after killing Duncan
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“A little water …
clears us of this deed”
Lady Macbeth believes the murder will be easy to recover from
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“Tis said they ate …
each other” - Referring to Duncan’s horses
Disruption to the natural order and the great chain of being
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“To be thus is nothing …
but to be safely thus”
Being king means nothing if he is living in fear
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“We have scorched …
the snake, not killed it”
They have wounded not eliminated the threat to their power
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“Duncan is in his grave …
he sleeps well”
Sleep imagery
Macbeth is jealous of Duncan as he is at peace
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“Full of scorpions …
is my mind, dear wife”
Macbeth’s mind is full of poison and evil
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“Never shake …
thy gory locks at me”
Signifies Macbeth’s overwhelming guilt and growing mental breakdown
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“It will have blood, they say …
blood will have blood”
Blood imagery
One murder leads to another murder and so on
