Natural order quotations✅

u d b u t

Unnatural deeds breed unnatural troubles

Unnatural deeds breed unnatural troubles

• Repetition of “unnatural” highlights how Macbeth went against the natural order by committing regicide

• Shows how when such an immoral act is committed, the consequences will be as bad as the act

• Foreshadows the guilt that will plague Macbeth and LM, and also the disruption to nature

u m h

Unsex me here

Unsex me here

• She wants to be rid of her feminine compassion as she sees it as a weakness

• Imperative shows how she wants to control the supernatural

• This goes against the natural order because she is getting rid of her gender and femininity, not conforming to the patriarchal society in Jacobean era

t m m f g

Take my milk for gall

Take my milk for gall

• Gall is often associated with courage

• This means LM wants to replace milk, a nurturing and maternal noun, with one that will give her courage

• This shows how she is rejecting ideas of gender as it is associated with weakness

• Rejecting gender = going against natural order

T e w f a d s

The earth was feverous and did shake

The earth was feverous and did shake

• Shows how Macbeth disrupted the natural order by committing regicide

• "feverous" connotes disease, showing how Macbeth's deed has brought sickness to Scotland

• Nature being disrupted symbolises God's anger at Macbeth disobeying the Divine Right of Kings

• Shows how nature reflects the health of the nation

a f, t i h p o p, w b a m o h a a k

a falcon, towering in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed

a falcon, towering in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed

• Shows disruption of nature because of regicide, highlighting how nature reflects the political landscape of Scotland

• There is a parallel between the falcon and King Duncan, whose life also comes to an unnatural end

• “pride of place” has royal connotations, linking the falcon to King Duncan, and highlighting how regicide is unnatural

i c n s A

I could not say Amen

I could not say Amen

• Macbeth disrupts natural order by rejecting religion

• Goes against the Great Chain of Being as he turns to the witches rather than God

t s t e e

Tis said they eat each other

Tis said they eat each other

• Horses eating each other shows how nature is sent into uproar once regicide happens

• Unnatural deed of regicide causes unnatural happenings e.g. horses killing each other

• Undertones of rebellion and betrayal, shown by the phrase “each other”