Kingship quotations✅

s o n l s s s o a d

Signs of nobleness like stars shall shine on all deservers

Signs of nobleness like stars shall shine on all deservers

• Shows how Duncan rewards his subjects

• Reference to "stars" connotes divine power, implying virtuous people will be rewarded in the afterlife too

i h b t p t a w l t m t f o g

I have begun to plant thee and will labour to make thee full of growing

I have begun to plant thee and will labour to make thee full of growing

• Semantic field of agriculture connotes new life

• Shows how Duncan is nurturing

• Takes care of his subjects like a gardener takes care of their vegetables, contrasting Macbeth who terrorises his subjects

h w a g o w i b a a t

He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust

He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust

• Shows how Duncan is a poor judge of character and trusts people too easily

• Dramatic irony as he replaces one traitor with an even worse one, Macbeth

t h c m o i c, n i l

Those he commands move only in command, nothing in love

Those he commands move only in command, nothing in love

• Highlights how Macbeth is a tyrant

• His country is absent of love, showing his callous leadership

• “only” shows how Macbeth’s subjects look at him in one way - like he is a tyrant

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