Quotes
Literary Devices/Imagery
Symbolism
Style
-“When the battle’s lost, and won.” L. 4 FORESHADOWING
-“Fair is foul and foul is fair,” l. 12
-l. 14 and 17: Fortune=women
-Sarcasm from captain, line 35
-Personification: “my gashes cry for help”
-Weather: Thunderstorm
-Sleep or lack thereof for the sailor: “Sleep shall neither night nor day” l. 18
-Witches=Devil?
- The way the witches talk
- The word “fair” and its connotation
Connections
Characterization
Themes
Other
-Golgotha
-Bellona’s bridegroom=Macbeth
-Macbeth as a warrior
-Banquo as an ethical man
-Macdonald as a traitor
- Prophecy regarding Thane of Cawdor
-Witches cast spells as was done with the sea captain
-Macbeth talks for the first time in “aside” form beginning l. 27. Shows beginning of change in character/bad thoughts
Act 1 Scene 4
Quotes
Literary Devices/Imagery
Symbolism
Style
-“The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’er leap, for in my way it lies.” l. 48-50. Shows his ambition.
-“Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires, the eye wink at the hand. “ l. 50-52. Going back and forth? Knows what he must do, but doesn’t want to admit it.
-Analogy (l. 28-34)
-Foreshadowing: “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.” (l. 12-13) When he talks of the Thane of Cawdor
- Weather
-Light/dark
-Stars
-Language/ tone changes from possibility to intention
Connections
Characterization
Themes
Other
-Change in Macbeth’s character. He realizes what he must do, when he talks “aside.” Aha moment. Macbeths turmoil.
-Deception: Thane of Cawdor sets the precedent.
- You can’t judge a book by its cover
-Macbeth is hiding his true ambitions while Duncan is open and honest
-Significance of Duncan naming Malcolm