Analysis of quotes

• 'Brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name'

  • Act 1- Macbeth is a hero
  • Foreshadowing- regicide
  • 'brave' gives the idea that he's courageous and willing to do things others are not
• 'Let not light see my black and deep desires'

  • Act 1- Malcolm is told he will be heir
  • 'Light' signifies god which show Macbeth is ashamed of his actions and doesn't want to go against the great chain of being.
  • 'black' symbolises the supernatural relations of Macbeth and has connotations of evil
  • 'deep' shows Macbeth's struggle to let the manipulative thoughts out of his mind. Lady Macbeth was a catalyst to his downfall
• 'Is that a dagger i see before me, the handle towards my hand'

  • Act 2- Macbeth murder's Duncan
  • Rhetorical question
  • Emphasises his obsession and ambition of being king and the murder of king Duncan.
  • The witches are possessing his mind. We can see this because of his signs of madness and hallucinations
• 'look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under't'

  • Act 2- Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth's letter
  • Connotations of a snake are untrustworthy, sneaky, bad
  • Appearence vs reality- Macbeth seen as this heroic character but in reality is a duplicitous untrustworthy person.
  • Shows a gender role reverse
• 'False face must hide what the heart doth know'

  • Act 2- Lady Macbeth persuading him to kills Duncan
  • Repetition
  • Fake, putting on a show
  • Macbeth is taking control
  • Duplicitous, appearence vs reality
  • Shows how the witches domineering behaviour gave him ore burning ambition