Fill in the blank
"my ________________ in greatness" (2)
"my dearest partner in greatness"
“Life’s but a shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.”
Macbeth
“There’s daggers in men’s _________” (1)
“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”
"unsex me here"
Lady Macbeth calls on the spirits to take her femininity so she will be strong enough to help kill the king.
"O, full of scorpions is my mind" (2)
Metaphor. Connotations (scorpion)
"________ cousin, ________ gentleman." (2)
"Valiant cousin, worthy gentleman."
"Something wicked this way comes"
the witches/hags
“A little water _________________________” (5)
“A little water clears us of this deed”
"If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me without my stir"
After Macbeth receives the prophecy that he will be the next king, he considers killing the current king.
“too full of the milk of human kindness” (2)
Metaphor. Symbolism (milk)
"I am in _______ stepp'd in so far..." (1)
"I am in blood stepp'd in so far..."
“All the perfumes of Arabia could not sweeten this little hand.”
Lady Macbeth
I had almost forgot the _____________ ... (3)
"I had almost forgot the taste of fears..."
"the affliction of these terrible dreams / That shake us nightly"
After murdering King Duncan, Macbeth cannot sleep and has terrible nightmares.
“False face must hide what false heart doth know”
Repetition (false).
"I will not _________ to kiss the ground..." (1)
"I will not stoop to kiss the ground..."
“Turn, hell hound, turn!”
Macduff
"Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! ___________________________________'." (4)
"Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep'."
Repetition (sleep), verb choice (murder)
“When you durst do it, then you were a man.”
Lady Macbeth is manipulating Macbeth into killing King Duncan. He doesn't want to and she is emasculating him in order for him to change his behaviour.
“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” (5)
simile (Look like the innocent flower), symbolism (flower, serpent), metaphor (be the serpent), connotations (innocent, serpent, flower), biblical allusion (serpent)
“Will all great _________________ wash this ________________ from my hand? No." (4)
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No."
Hyperbole. Motif (blood). Symbolism (blood).
“Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis… and I fear thou playest most foully for it”
Banquo
"Stars hide your fires, let not light see my __________________________" (4)
"Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires"
Personification, connotations, adjective choice
"He's here in double trust..."
King Duncan is staying the night at Macbeth's castle. Duncan is a guest. Macbeth and Duncan are kinsmen.
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”
Paradox.