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Cards (5)

  • ”Brave Macbeth” (1,1 captain)

    positive descriptions about Macbeth become rare as the play develops - contrast to “Tyrant Macbeth” and “Black Macbeth“
  • “Unseamed him from his nave to th’chaps” (1,1 captain)

    foreshadows the murders throughout the rest of the play
  • ”Here’s an equivocator.. who committed treason enough for Gods sake” (2,3 porter)

    Use of the gunpowder plot - a priest was hung for lying about knowledge of it - he claimed to lie “for gods sake” when the play was performed people would have understood the reference
  • “A dismal and fatal end” (3,5 Hecate)

    Foreshadows Macbeths ultimate downfall, a powerful spell being cast to mess with Macbeth
  • ”She has her light by her continuously : tis’ her command” (5,1 gentle woman about Lady Macbeth)

    shows that Lady Macbeth is paranoid and doesn’t want to be in the darkness