macbeth quotes

• brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name
• o valiant cousin, worthy gentleman
• Nor bade farewell to him,

  Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps
• And with his former title greet Macbeth

  Duncan is rewarding Macbeth for his violence, living up to societies expectations of men
• Stay you imperfect speakers tell me more

  Imperative verbs. Trying to control the witches, demanding and commanding them
• Would they had stay'd.

  Eager to learn more from the witches, already putting too much trust and thought into their prophecies
• Your children shall be kings

  Motif of Macbeth's obsession with children. he already feels threatened by Banquo's son
• Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated heart knock at my ribs


  already having murderous thoughts, but atm they scare him
• whose murder is yet fantastical


  the thought of murdering Duncan is scary, nerve wracking and, for the moment, is just an idea/thought
• The service and loyalty i owe, in doing it, pays itself
• Our duties are to your throne and state, children and servants


  devoted to Duncan, who believes him fully= one of his flaws
• that is a step on which i must fall down


  modal verb. trusts the witches, just an obstacle in his path to becoming king
• scene 7 soliloquy


  lots of indecisive language 'but'. shows he is unsure of his plan
• is this a dagger which i see before me, the handle towards my hand?


  1st hallucination, becoming unstable/nervous
• procceding from the heat oppressed brain/too cold breath gives


  contrast from stressed and feeling pressured to feeling calm
• blood business 


  euphemism again, foreshadowing
• Thou marshall me the way that i was going

  dagger beckons him to Duncan, he's been convinced by others to carry out this task, easily manipulated
• macbeth does murder sleep

  foreshadowing
• Had i but died an hour before this chance i had lived a blessed time

  APPERANCE VS REALITY
• the expedition of my violent love


  oxymoron. reveals his violent nature
• to be thus is nothing but to be safely thus

  paranoia
• and put a barren sceptre in my gripe

  false hope
• Mcabeth speaks to the murderers in prose to show they are of the same level/class


  then speaks in verse to once again assert dominance
• be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck


  tension in M and LM relationship
• never shake thy gory locks at me!
• i am a man again- pray you sit still
• 'answer me' 'tell me' 'call them, let me see them'
• deny me this and an eternal curse will fall on you

  naivety. believes he has power over the witches
• and begin to doubt the equivocation of the fiend


  repeats prophecies with a bitter tone of realisation
• at least we will die with harness on our back


  going into battle. Full circle has occurred and Macbeth is back to being a courageous solider
• young Siward slain


  M ruthlessness tyrannical behaviour