FULL OF SCORPIONS IS MY MIND DEAR WIFE

Cards (1)

  • key points:
    • ‘Scorpions’ are seen as malign creatures associated with treachery and poison
    • Scorpions are nasty creatures and the metaphor shows how evil Macbeth has become. 
    • It is as if the witches with their morally undermining chants, ‘fair is foul’ have violated the sanctuary of Macbeth’s head and are now taunting his sanity with haunting images and guilt
    • "full" = an excess of mental fragmentation = nihillstic