Macbeth flashcards

S F A F A D I H N S

“So fair and foul a day i have not seen”

Macbeth - Act 1 scene 3

“So fair and foul a day I have not seen”

. Directly links Macbeth to Witches

. Establishes a powerful unsettling connection to the supernatural

. Already suggests he is attuned to their worldview

S H Y F L N L S M B A D D

“Stars hide your fires let not light see my black and deep desires”

Macbeth - Act 1 scene 4

“Stars hide your fires let not light see my black and deep desires”

. Marks the point where fanstasy becomes conscious thought with murdering intent

. He is fully aware of his own corrupt nature

. Built on powerful juxtaposition

S N M M D M S

“Sleep no more! macbeth does murder sleep”

Macbeth - Act 2 scene 2

“Sleep no more! macbeth does murder sleep”

. Immediate psychological consequence of killing Duncan

. Auditory hallucination powerfully conveys Macbeth’s descent into guilt and torment

. Macbeth has murdered his peace of mind forever

S W T W C

“Something wicked this day comes”

The second witch - Act 4 scene 1

“Something wicked this day comes”

. Supreme irony suggesting that Macbeth is evil

. Macbeth is ithe embodiment of evil

. He is evil and already corrupt

S S H D H

“She should have died hereafter”

Macbeth - Act 5 scene 5

“She should have died hereafter”

. Shows Macbeth’s physical numbness and emotional detachment

. Shows how man can be so consumed by his nihilistic worldview

“Signifying nothing”

. Final line of solioquy

. Essential for understanding the play’s ultimate message about ambition after multiple sacrifices

. Macbeth’s way of denying responsibility for the descisions that destroyed his life

H W E S I R

“Have we eaten some insane root”

Banquo

“Have we eaten some insane root”

. Shows Banquo’s distance from the witches

. Metaphorical and supernatural language

S D A I H R O N

“Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature”

Macbeth

“Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature”

. Banquo acts as a constant reminder of Morality to macbeth

. Banquo has experienced the same events as macbeth up to the prophecies

. He is a signal of how macbeth should’ve acted

S O T

“seeds of time”

Banquo

“Speak then to me”+“Seeds of time”

. Banquo shows that he is interested by witches prophecy

. He displays his ambition visibly but his ambition isn’t as powerful than Macbeth’s

I F T P M F F I

“I fear thou played'st most foully for't”

“I fear thou played'st most foully for't”

. Banquo can spot Macbeth’s evil intentions beacause he is a moral person

. Alliteration of f “fear,foully,for’t”