1.

And oftentimes, to win us our harm,

The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray's,
In deepest consequence
Banquo -> Macbeth
-After receiving witches' prophecy
Translation: Evil only tells part of the truth, to lead us to harm
1. And oftentimes, to win us our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray's,
In deepest consequence
Literary Techniques:
Diction: instruments,
Verbal irony: instruments of darkness= witches/lady Macbeth
dark vs. truth
foreshadow: win trust; betrayal of witches
1. And oftentimes, to win us our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray's,
In deepest consequence
Play: nothing ever is what it seems
evil and good don't exist
truth can betray us
nothing is black and white
1. And oftentimes, to win us our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray's,
In deepest consequence
English Ren: disturbance in great chain of being
immortals in reality
hubris of Macbeth- believes what the witches say
6. Nay had I power, I should,
pour the sweet milk of Concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
all unity on earth
Malcom -> Macduff
Malcom tests reaction of Macduff
-test for moral actions
-or just to get rid of Macbeth
6. Nay had I power, I should,
pour the sweet milk of Concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
all unity on earth
Literary Techniques
-verbal irony: Malcom doesn't actually want to do the things he says, acts like Macbeth
milk symbolizes life, innocence, feminism
sweet milk=even more positive
uproar=loud noise disturbance
6. Nay had I power, I should,
pour the sweet milk of Concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
all unity on earth
describes tyrannical rule at the moment
6. Nay had I power, I should,
pour the sweet milk of Concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
all unity on earth
English Renaissance: disrupt Great Chain of Being
broken order suffering and chaos
Divine Right of Kings
-uproars peace
Not Elizabethan man
2. Yet I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way
Monologue of Lady Macbeth
-letter from Macbeth
--Thane of Cawdor
Translation: But I worry whether you have what it takes to seize crown, too innocent
2. Yet I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way
Lit: Symbolism: milk of human kidness
-natural goodness
-purity, children, Macbeth like child
Easiest way to become king
Foreshadow: MB's inability to kill Duncan
catch: things are trying to get away
2. Yet I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way
Ambition: Lady Macbeth
Power: gentleness is weakness
2. Yet I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way
English Renaissance:
Humanism: YOLO, opps must be taken, pragmatism
Individualism: wants him dead for herself
Secularism: human kindness, nature human personality
"seize"- go beyond divine right
4. Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last
A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed
Old Man -> Ross
-discussing odd occurrences
falcon killed
4. Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last
A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed
Lit: Imagery: shows owl killing falcon
Symbolsim:
-owl: Macbeth
-Falcon: Duncan
-Owl kills falcon
--went up to falcon
---out of the ordinary
---unneeded power
-things out of order
usually kill things with less power
4. Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last
A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed
Sig: darkness extends to day GCOB
-Macbeth not meant to be king
Theme: immoral actions cause unforeseen consequences
4. Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last
A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed
English Ren: proper order of all things
Macbeth does not show qualities of ideal Elizabethan man
-listens to wife
-commits regicide
5...I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade not more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er
Macbeth--> Lady Macbeth
-seeing the ghost of Banquo
-in a sea of immoral acts
5...I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade not more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er
Lit: hyperbole: amt of blood is so large cannot go through
-greater amt of blood because he knew them
Symbolsim: blood=# of lives Macbeth has taken
Allusion: Moses
5...I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade not more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er
Play: blood is thicker than water
Theme: value family over others
-betraying his own country
5...I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade not more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er
English Ren.
-Divine right of kings
-water=blood
-Duncan is god's blood
-God puts in sea of blood
-not ideal renaissance man
7. Out damned spot, out I say! One. Two. Why then, 'tis time to do't. Hell is
murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier and afeard...who would have thought the old
man to have had so much blood in him?
Lady MB to self
-Dr. and gentlewoman in room
-sleeping and crazy
-NOT iambic pantameter
7. Out damned spot, out I say! One. Two. Why then, 'tis time to do't. Hell is
murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier and afeard...who would have thought the old
man to have had so much blood in him?
Lit: irony= soldier afeared
symbol-damned spot
-represents guilt
blood represents unforeseen consequences
7. Out damned spot, out I say! One. Two. Why then, 'tis time to do't. Hell is
murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier and afeard...who would have thought the old
man to have had so much blood in him?
hell is murky, knows what hell is like,
marks downfall
-excessive ambition causes ppl to become insane because of actions
7. Out damned spot, out I say! One. Two. Why then, 'tis time to do't. Hell is
murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier and afeard...who would have thought the old
man to have had so much blood in him?
Ren: regicide
-great chain of being
-tragic hero
-gained power, lost it
-no longer powerful
8. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but...a poor player
That struts...his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing
Macbeth after Lady Macbeth's death, before battle
-reflects the lack of meaning in is his life
8. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but...a poor player
That struts...his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing
Literary techniques: soliloque
-learned to listen too late
-window into emotions
Metaphor
-life is a play
-once over, heard no more
-people are insignificant actors
-meaningless
symbolism
-candle: life/light; brief
Alliteration: poor player, struts stage
-emphasis on lesson learned
Diction: IDIOT
8. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but...a poor player
That struts...his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing
Play/Theme: Power corrupts, evil deeds lead to his downfall
8. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but...a poor player
That struts...his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing
tragic hero's insights-order of things
-live to die, no meaning to life
3. Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep--the innocent sleep..
The death of each day's life
Macbeth--> Lady Macbeth
-after killing king duncan
3. Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep--the innocent sleep..
The death of each day's life
Lit. sleep= goodness, innocence, vulnerability
marks a change in the word sleep
Personification: death of each day's life, murder sleep innocent sleep
3. Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep--the innocent sleep..
The death of each day's life
Conscience over personal gain
violence harms oneself as much as the other
3. Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep--the innocent sleep..
The death of each day's life
Great chain of being, not ideal elizabethan man, humanism