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Macbeth
macbeth quote
| Quote | explanation |
|---|---|
| "Fair is foul, and foul is fair," | The significance of this paradox is that it sets us up for the doubleness of the play. It means what is fair to the witches is foul to man |
| Though his bark cannot be lost, / Yet it shall be tempest-tossed," | The significance is that it gives us insight on the capabilities of the witches. It means the first witch can't destroy the sailor's boat, but she can make him miserable with a storm, meaning witches can only play with man, not destroy him. |
| "So foul and fair a day I have not seen," | by Macbeth while him and Banquo discuss his defeat. |
| The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress me / In borrowed clothes?" | The significance is that the second prediction of the witches has come true. It means if the Thane of Cawdor lives, why are you talking to me like I am the Thane of Cawdor? |
| "Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?" | The significance is that he is hallucinating. Throughout this speech, Macbeth is very nervous and his conscience is killing him because he knows what he's about to do. |
| "Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives," | The significance is he is making final judgement about committing mortal sin and Lady Macbeth isn't there pushing him, he's doing it by himself. He knows talking about something could never compare to actually doing it. |
| "Double, double, toil and trouble; / Fire burn and caldron bubble," | The significance is to show the witches' confirmation of their plans for Macbeth. The witches state that the trouble they're going to bring upon him will be double the terror. |
| "Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here," | It means Lady Macbeth wants all womanly factors, such as sensitivity and fear, to be taken out of her and she's asking the witches to do this. She wants to help Macbeth commit his evil deeds and to do this, she believes she cannot possess such features. |
| "Look like th' innocent flower. / But the serpent under 't," | The significance is Lady Macbeth shows how cold and practical she is. It means Lady Macbeth sees fear in Macbeth, and she tells him that he must hide this fear, so no one sees the evil he is about to do. |
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