Macbeth

• What does the quote, "Stars hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires" emphasise?

  In Act 1 Scene 4, the metaphor reflects his hamartia and how he is unable to ask God for help he has this consistent battle between what is right and wrong. Bad things happen in the dark therefore he wants to hide from God as he knows what he is doing is wrong.
• What does the quote, "My dearest partner of greatness" suggest about Macbeth's and Lady Macbeth's relationship?

  In Act 1 Scene 5, the superlative represents an equal relationship between them and how Macbeth thinks highly of Lady Macbeth. This is not a normal Jacobean marriage.
• What does the quote, "His virtues will plead like angels" emphasise?

  In Act 1 Scene 7, the simile emphasise how Duncan has good morals and how he is a good king which reflects how Macbeth is questioning whether he wants to commit this sin.
• Complete the quote, "I could not say Amen"
• Complete the quote, "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck"
• What does the quote, " Is this a dagger which I see before me" emphasise?

  In Act 2 Scene 1, the rhetorical question foreshadows how much guilt is to come to him as he hallucinates. The idea of it being a dagger highlights how he needs to be close to Duncan to use it and the betrayal is intimate.