out damned spot
here’s the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand
- Lady Macbeth
hyperbole - similair to neptune quote
descent into madness
- deterioration of strong, ruthless, rational characterisation
- downwards spiral
- caught up with her(anyone is susceptible to this inner turmoil if commit regicide)
- consequence
blood is recurring motif
- symbolises guilt
- conscience is tormented by the knowledge of the crimes she and her husband did for power
he cannot buckle his distempered cause / within the belt of rule
- caithness
connection is made between the unruliness of Macbeth’s mind and his kingdom: both are beyond his control
- cannot govern his frenzied behaviour
- it is falling apart
extended metaphor
Now does he feel his title/ hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe / Upon a dwarfish thief
- angus
simile
robe
- symbol of power and status
- is out of his depth
- heaviness of duty
dwarfish thief
- stole the crown
shows the disrespect the men have for their leader
- they are not serving him out of love or duty, but because they have to
I have almost forgotten the taste of fears
- Macbeth
character development
- has become unfeeling, unable to sense and experience ‘fear’
deadpan
my fell of hair would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir, as life were in’t
- Macbeth
despite being alive at this point, no longer possesses life
has become completely detached from all life and morality
- emphasising deterioration of his humanity
- caused by tyrannical reign
- stepping beyond the bounds of the natural order and divine right of kings in an attempt to chase his ambition
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
- Macbeth
meaningless of life
- shadow connotes falseness and lack of true detail
- only a reflection and product of people’s actions, which are insignificant
breaking divine right of king has deteriorated his character and ambition
- not leading to achievement or fulfilment
- lead to turmoil and strife
she should have died hereafter
-Macbeth
temporary nature of life
- inevitability
disillusioned and detached from life
- emotionless
Why should I play the Roman fool and die
On mine own sword?
- Macbeth
present Macbeth similarly to how he was characterised at the beginning of the play here
- brave warrior
won’t commit suicide as fighting is nobler
