Macbeth quotes

• fair is foul and foul is fair hover through the fog and filthy air

  rhythm sound like casein a spell creates enigmatic tone

  repetition f - fricative ghostly feel

  juxtaposition between foul and fair = paradox that runs thru play - foreshadows M downfall

  fog - concrete noun of mystery and unknown - reflects flat themes of deception
• foul and fair

  antithetical parallelism - insinuates 2 polar opposites, represent 2 sides of macbeth
• noble macbeth

  epithetDuncans respect and admiration towards Macbeth asserted by describing warrior as ‘noble’portrays Duncans kind uplifting nature - so grateful towards Macbeth

  trusts Macbeth - trustworthy nature -hamartia- foreshadows will lead to his demise
• sleep no more Macbeth doth murder sleep

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  demonstrates immediate guiltevoke small amount sympathy from audience act of regicide still unforgivable in Jacobean societyidea of macebths guilt and regret strays from concept of 2 dimensional villain Macbeths depth as character =unusual within antagonists - spark interest to 1600 audience

  Macbeths frantic lang portrays fear of consequences of actions ‘sleep’ symbolises innocence with Macbeths lack of sleep emphasising guilt and culpability
• Macbeth's feelings


  • Feels guilty about thoughts of murdering Duncan
  • Aware his thoughts are wrong
  • Ambition is driving his actions
• Macbeth's thoughts of committing regicide

  Believed to be a great sin at the time
• Macbeth originally shares the societal belief that regicide is a great sin
• Plural nouns 'stars' and 'fires'


  Create semantic field of light, connoting religious imagery
• Macbeth wants to hide his desires


  Because he knows they are wrong
• all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand.oh oh oh!

  tricolour of exclamatory osexclamatinosshort sentenceshyperbole

  guilt - sleepwalking so guiltyfeminine- falls insane due to guiltperfume - gender roles, emphasis felines side coming out, vulnerability

  ambition- so pent up with guilt form ambition