accusationSPEAKER: Macbeth TALKING TOO: himselfWHATS IS HAPPENING: Macbeth just heard predications of witches WHAT DOES IT MEAN: fate can control his destiny instead of himself. Macbeth is hopeful that he might not have to kill Duncan. | “If chance will have me king, why, / chance may crown me, / without my stir (I, iii, 144). |
“Stars hide your fires! / Let not light see my black and deep desires” (I, iv, 50-51). | SPEAKER: MacbethTALKING TOO: himselfWHATS IS HAPPENING: Macbeth just found out he became the Thane of Cawdor and he is thinking about killing Duncan.WHAT DOES IT MEAN: Macbeth doesn’t want people to know that he had a ruthless ambition to become King. |
“look like the innocent flower,/ But be the serpent under’t” (I, v, 64-65). | SPEAKER: Lady MacbethTALKING TOO: MacbethWHATS IS HAPPENING: the king is about to arrive WHAT DOES IT MEAN: he should act normal, but in his mind he will be like an evil snake. |
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand? No this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green on red” (II, 2, 60-63). | SPEAKER: MacbethTALKING TOO: himselfWHATS IS HAPPENING: Macbeth just killed DuncanWHAT DOES IT MEAN: all the water in the ocean can’t wash the blood from his hands because it’s symbolic of his guilt. |
“A little water clears us of this deed” (II, ii, 67). | SPEAKER: Lady MacbethTALKING TOO: MacbethWHATS IS HAPPENING: Lady Macbeth is trying to calm him down after killing Duncan.WHAT DOES IT MEAN: once you wash hands the blood (evidence) will be gone. |
“From this moment on the very firstlings of my heart shall be/ The firstlings of my hand” (IV, I, 146-148). | SPEAKER: MacbethTALKING TOO: himselfWHATS IS HAPPENING: Macbeth had just heard the witches apparitionsWHAT DOES IT MEAN: Macbeth has become reckless |
“Here’s the smell of blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh! Oh! Oh!” (V, i, 43-45). | SPEAKER: Lady MacbethTALKING TOO: herself in sleepWHATS IS HAPPENING: Lady Macbeth is still sleep walking.WHAT DOES IT MEAN: no perfume can wash the smell of the blood from my hands and the guilt will never go away even if she has everything else. |
“infected minds/To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets” (V,i, 64-65). | SPEAKER: DoctorTALKING TOO: GentlewomanWHATS IS HAPPENING: they are discussing Lady Macbeth sleep – walkingWHAT DOES IT MEAN: people who are troubled need to talk. |
“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow/ creeps in this petty pace from day to day,/ To the last syllable of recorded time” (V, v, 19-20). | SPEAKER: MacbethTALKING TOO: himselfWHATS IS HAPPENING: Macbeth just found out that Lady Macbeth diedWHAT DOES IT MEAN: life is miserable and it feels like its forever. |
“Of all men else I have avoided thee: But get thee back, my soul is too much charged With blood of thine already” (V, vii, 33-35). | SPEAKER: MacbethTALKING TOO: MacduffWHATS IS HAPPENING: Macduff and Macbeth are about to fightWHAT DOES IT MEAN: Macbeth feels guilty about killing so many of Macduff’s family members and shows Macbeth still has human feelings. |
1 appraction | 1. head of a soldierit says beware of Macdff |
2nd appracition | 2. Blood BabyNobody born from a women shall harm Macbeth |
3rd appraction | 3. A child holding a treeMacbeth will never be conquered until great bernam wood goes Dunsciting Hill. |
Macbeth
September 3, 2019