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English - Macbeth Quotes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What literary device is "Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? " | Hyperbole (exaggeration) & allusion (audience know who Neptune is) |
| What does the quote "Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? " mean? | shows the depth of Macbeth's guilt as he feels not even a god could save him and the blood could stain all the world’s oceans red (theme = guilt) |
| Who says "Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? " | Macbeth to Lady Macbeth after murdering Duncan |
| What literary device is “Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold”? | Imagery (creating a picture) |
| What does “Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold” mean? | His sense of guilt is so powerful that he loses his sense of reality and cannot be sure whether he is having a vision or not. He tries to reassure himself that Banquo is really dead. (theme = guilt) |
| Who says “Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold” | Macbeth when he sees Banquo’s ghost at the banquet |
| What literary devices are “To bed, to bed. There’s knocking at the gate” & “What’s done cannot be undone” | Repetition |
| What does the quote “To bed, to bed. There’s knocking at the gate” & “What’s done cannot be undone” mean? | shows how guilt has crushed her strong and assertive personality and that the violence and death cannot be undone (theme = guilt) |
| Who says “To bed, to bed. There’s knocking at the gate” & “What’s done cannot be undone” | Lady Macbeth’s final words |
| What literary device is “Two truths are told” | alliteration (words beginning with same letter) |
| What does the quote “Two truths are told” mean? | He realises 2 of the Witches’ prophecies have come true. Starts to wonder if the 3rd will come true (become King) (theme = ambition) |
| Who says “Two truths are told”? | Macbeth |
| What literary device is “Come you spirits” | Imperative (command words) |
| What does the quote “Come you spirits” mean? | Shows how powerful she sees herself (theme = ambition/power) |
| Who says “Come you spirits” | Lady Macbeth |
| What literary device is “too full o’ the milk of human kindness”? | Metaphor (Macbeth has compassion) |
| What does the quote “too full o’ the milk of human kindness” mean? | Suggests Macbeth has compassion. Milk is white and white represents purity, associated with women (weaker sex), given to children (making Macbeth seem childlike. Use of adverb ‘too’ suggests it is wrong. (theme = ambition) |
| Who says “too full o’ the milk of human kindness”? | Lady Macbeth to Macbeth (she thinks Macbeth is too gentle to murder the King) |
| What literary device is “look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t” | adjective (describing nouns) 'innocent' & imagery (flowers & serpent) |
| What does the quote “look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t” mean? | LM telling M to hide his real desires. Adjective ‘innocent’ associated with purity & perfection. Flowers are symbols of joy & happiness. Serpent is biblical reference to Satan. (theme = ambition) |
| Who says “look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t” | Lady Macbeth to Macbeth when planning the King's murder |
| What literary device is “We will proceed no further in this business” | Euphemism (sees murder as 'business') |
| What does the quote “We will proceed no further in this business” mean | Refers to Duncan’s murder as ‘business’ – a noun, this euphemism suggests he sees the murder as a job. (theme = ambition) |
| Who says “We will proceed no further in this business” | Macbeth to Lady Macbeth |
| What literary device is “A little water clears us of this deed” | imagery (washing off the blood) & irony (she later hallucinates that she cannot wash spot of blood off) |
| What does the quote “A little water clears us of this deed” mean? | The blood represents the guilt Macbeth feels after murdering the King and she believes he can wash the guilt off. This is ironic as later she has hallucinations of a spot of blood on her hand that cannot be washed away. (theme = guilt) |
| Who says “A little water clears us of this deed” | Lady Macbeth to Macbeth after King Duncan's murder |
| What literary device is 'O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!' | Metaphor (his mind is full of scorpions) & imagery (picture scorpions) |
| What does the quote 'O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!' mean? | explains that his guilty conscience is attacking and stinging him. (theme = guilt) |
| Who says 'O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!' | Macbeth to Lady Macbeth when he realises Banquo & Fleance are still alive |
| What literary device is “Blood will have blood” | Foreshadowing (more violence will happen) & repetition (blood) |
| What does the quote “Blood will have blood” mean? | Refers to the idea that violence leads to more violence |
| Who says “Blood will have blood”? | Macbeth after he sees Banquo's ghost |
| What literary device is “Life’s but a walking shadow” | Metaphor (life is a shadow) & personification (life walking) |
| What does the quote “Life’s but a walking shadow” mean? | Macbeth is depressed and Shakespeare wants us to have sympathy for him. Implies life is short and not real |
| Who says “Life’s but a walking shadow” | Macbeth after Lady Macbeth's death |
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