Macbeth-Quotes

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Nayyab Nadeem

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  • “disdaining fortune...smoked with bloody execution”

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    In this quote, “smok’d” could connote heat and hell, foreshadowing his malevolent nature he will later face moral and psychological ramifications for. Although Macbeth receives commendations for his stoic bravery as a soldier in Act 1, the syntax implies a symbiotic relationship between his downfall and his proclivity for violence.
  • The phrase “disdaining fortune” shows a disregard for his fate, and his attempt to manipulate the natural order. This later becomes evident in his disruption of the Divine Right of Kings.

  • The positioning of ‘fortune’ preceding ‘execution’ foreshadows Macbeth’s acquisition of all illegitimate title and wealth through violent means, but this will also lead to his eventual ‘execution’.