... !"" (26) Cleary Macbeth is distraught. His guilt is interfering with his sense of hearing. The fact that he killed someone is causing him to hallucinate. Another quote that uses imagery is used in the banquet scene. Macbeth sees Banquos ghost in his chair. He says, "Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake ... . The theme of guilt consumes people can be also be seen in this play through the use of metaphors. After Macbeth killed the king he said this quote: "Will all great Neptune's ocean this blood clean from my hand." (27) Macbeth means he wishes that he had never killed the king. Anoth...

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... is none but he Whose being I do fear: [...] then prophet-like They hail'd him father to a line of kings: (Pg 115) Within this quote, Macbeth speaks of Banquo's noble qualities. Macbeth clearly states his paranoia and feelings of unsafety. He is fearful of Banquo's sons and grandsons, which the ... Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem" (Pg 59). In this quote, Lady Macbeth mocks her husband, belittles their love, and calls him a coward. She knows what to criticize, and faultlessly convinces her husband to kill ... fire, A...

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... internal or external. However, evil never prevails; it's either beaten by one's realization or from an outside force. A literary work that supports this quote is Macbeth by William Shakespeare through the use of tragic flaw, characterization, conflict, foil, irony, and symbolism. In this literary works, characters are ... work and fight twice as hard against the opposing army at a certain point. However, these characteristics are driven by ambition as seen from the quote, "I have no spur. To prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which overleaps itself and falls on th...

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... more than a hero. In act I sc. ii, Macbeth is described by his king as: " O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman" (Act 1, Sc. 2) The quote mentioned above reinforces the idea that descriptions of Macbeth towards his king are positive. Moreover king is exultant at his cousin. Nevertheless, the descriptions are gory too as captain ... says: " Till he unseamed him from the nave to th" chops" (Act 1, Sc. 2) The quote results in Macbeth as being a fierce warrior and not faltered to kill anyone. Though, Macbeth has been seen as valorous, but I do not find any evidence ... Macbeth. And when the Ma...

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... of the stairs. In Macbeth's case, this is achieving king. This point in the play is where Macbeth's ambition to become king leads him to change his morality. This famous quote is said on the side, intended to be heard only by the audience. Shakespeare intended to make this very dramatic as he puts the "or else o'erleap" at ... . Before the assassination, Macbeth in a personal reflection admits "the assassination[will be due to]vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself" (1.7.2,27). This quote implies that the assassination of King Duncan will be due to ambition. This quote is an excellent ...

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... on- "But all's too weak for brave Macbeth -well he deserves that name -disdaining fortune with his brandished steel" (Act 1 Scene 2 lines 16-18) This quote shows that he is brave, and disregards such things, as fate in his battles, only going by his loyalty and what he knows is right. It seems everybody has ... realising the truth in the predictions. He is not sure whether to listen to the witches though, as it has it's good points and bad points as this quote shows him thinking- "This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good." (Act 1 Scene 3 Lines 130 and 131) This shows t...

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... deed of dreadful note. He seems to be in the driving seat, telling her she should be 'innocent' of the act, which echoes Lady Macbeth's 'innocent' flower quote earlier, showing how their roles have swapped and the relationship has flipped. We see now that Macbeth has the power over Lady Macbeth, 'tomorrow I will to the weird ... revelations for himself, saying 'I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more returning were as tedious as to go over'. This quote shows that Macbeth, despite saying that he did not want to murder Duncan, says that if he were to stop killing now to ...

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... Macbeth says to herself, "Yet I do fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness, To catch the nearest way" (I.vi.17-19). In this quote, Lady Macbeth is talking to herself about her husband, saying that Macbeth's kindness is an undesired characteristic. In her eyes, his kindness makes him weak. Even though the citizens of ... , "Will all great Neptune's oceans wash this blood Clean from my hands? No" (II.ii.59-60). In Roman mythology, Neptune was the god of water. In this quote, Macbeth is using "all great Neptune's oceans" as an allusion and a hyperbole to say that no am...

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... in my face, have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this." (Act I, Sc.VII) This quote from the play, shows that Lady Macbeth is both good and evil. Lady Macbeth shows extreme confidence in her doings. She doesn't seem to second guess her choices because of ... thoughts which should indeed have died with them they think on? Things without all remedy should be without regard: what's done is done." As you can tell by that quote, Lady Macbeth is becoming quite uneasy and somewhat wishes she was the one being murdered inste...

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... sleep is when Macbeth killed Duncan when Duncan was sleeping, Lady Macbeth sleepwalking "Sleep No More! Macbeth Does Murder Sleep" That is what Macbeth said after Macbeth killed Duncan. The quote explains that never again wills Macbeth, or his wife any rest, and from time to time throughout the play they will comment on their weariness and lack of refreshing sleep ... Scene 2 when Lady Macbeh Sleep walks. Like Macbeth, she is guilty about killing Duncan but unlike Macbeth she was very strong when she told Macbeth about killing Duncan. For example quote: Come, you spirits that tend on mo...

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... triumph, while beautiful, or fair, was also bloody, or "foul". Although Macbeth and his army eradicated the threat of the perfidious Thane of Cawdor, lives were paid in expense. This quote also introduces the beginning of his ascendancy to kingship, which is "fair", while it is also the genesis of his downfall to the powers of evil. "Lesser than Macbeth, and ... a hallucination, seen only by Macbeth, and demonstrates the difference in appearance to reality in the play, because Macbeth is seeing only a figment of his imagination due to his conscious. This quote is defines the theme of ap...

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... ." (Macbeth III, 1, 339)] Macbeth gives these commands to his two murderers. He wants them to take the life of Fleance and Banquo because of their knowledge of the killings. A final quote that represents evil is that one of Lady Macduffs son. He exclaims, ["He has killed me mother: Run away, I pray you!" (Macbeth IV, 3, 359)] In this ... quote, Macbeth decides to kill Macduff's family because he feels that he's been a traitor to him. It shows how evil and wicked Macbeth's character when he has the nerves to kill a ... ambitions to become successful in his surroundings. This would be af...

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... . you may not want to make a choice but are being persuaded by an outside force. This happened more than once in the play Macbeth, and here is one example of a quote from lady Macbeth to Macbeth; "art thou afeared to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ... ornament of life. and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting I dare not wait upon I would , like the poor cat I' the adage." In this quote Lady Macbeth is trying to convince Macbeth to kill king Duncan so that he may get the throne, Macbeth isn't as keen on the ide...

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... any anticipation of the "golden round" that promptly gleams in the inner vision of his wife. It is she who more obviously displays ambition" (16). Lady Macbeth says in the quote that she cannot do it because she is a woman. When she finds out that Macbeth does not want to do it either, she calls him a coward: Art thou afeard To ... thou esteem'st the ornament of life And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting I dare not" wait upon I would, " Like the poor cat i' the adage? (1.7.39-45) In this quote she is accusing Macbeth of being a coward and not being a man. She is calling Macbeth...

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... a promise to do so. It seems her tactics have worked, as Macbeth is comforted by the fact that even his wife, a woman, is not disheartened by his fears. However, this quote already shows a glimpse of Lady Macbeth's unstable mind. Such a horrendous description shows Lady Macbeth's desperateness for Macbeth's commitment. She intentionally tries to ignore the possible consequences of their act and ... her inability to be as evil as she would have liked. As Macbeth commits the murder, Lady Macbeth says, "that which hath made me drunk, hath made me bold." This quote shows that she may have n...

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... , you Spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here And fill me from the Crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty; Make thick my blood," (1.5.38-41). This quote shows a side of her personality of, which is that she, although confident and sure about her plan to Macbeth. Is actually a weak and cowardly person herself. So she calls on ... it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my Nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I sworn As you have done to this." (1.7.55-59). This quote is an example of the faithfulness and honesty Lady Macbeth has toward Macbeth. She i...

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... I am Thane of Glamis; But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives, a prosperous gentleman; and to be king stands not within the prospect of belief." (Act I. sc.III) This quote shows how the witches prophecy attracts Macbeth. It demonstrated how Macbeth thirsts for an answer from the witches of how is he to become the Thane of Cawdor and even ... ? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." (Act I. Sc.VII) In this quote, Lady Macbeth is agitating Macbeth by saying he is not a man if he does not do what he says he is g...

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... and even before he reached home, Macbeth is overcome with the desire to be powerful and he cannot shake the thought of the King's murder as evidenced by the following quote. "My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, shakes so my single state of man that function is smother"d in surmise, and nothing is, but what is not" (1.3.138-141 ... plan to kill King Duncan. In order to keep Macbeth committed to her murder plan and carry through with the assassination, she verbally assaulted his courage and manhood. The following quote illustrates the extent Lady Macbeth would go to persuade ...

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... events leading up to Macbeth's crowning. He decides that Banquo has to be put out of the picture. He feels the crown has brought him nothing so far in the quote "Upon my head they plac"d a fruitless crown, and put a barren sceptre in my gripe. Thence to be wrench"d with an unlineal hand." Macbeth decides that it is fate for him ... back anymore at what he has done in the past. "Strange things I have in head, that will to hand, which must be acted, ere they may be scann"d. " In that quote, Macbeth decides that he must act on impulse and not think or feel remorse anymore. His first act he...

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... and it is used appropriately to give a sense of sadness since the weather is so horrible. "Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break"(I, II, 26) says a Sergeant speaking about Macbeth. This quote is also symbolic as he depicts Macbeth as a storm. This can be interpreted as Macbeth being so mighty that he has the power to create havoc like a storm. Macbeth screams ... ) Macbeth is angry at the future that he has seen, his death and the coronation of Fleance. Since thunder is an indication of an important event occurring, Macbeth in this quote wants to avoid that event which is his de...

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... with Desdemona, is caused by Iago's evil design but however in the beginning of the play we do see a deep love connection between Othello and Desdemona quote (" Othello: But that I love the gentle Desdemona-). This quote shows how Othello was beginning of the play and what he turns out to be after. The seed of jealousy planted by Iago Othello's head makes ... ...

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... ends with him saying, "I have no spur to pick the side of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o"er leaps itself and falls on the other." Because of this quote, we see Macbeth as less loyal, and more ambitious. There are several rhetorical devices used to characterize Macbeth as loyal and ambitious. The use of soliloquy was one way that ... in the river and go straight to the other side. Another important metaphor is used in the end of the soliloquy by relating a horse jumping over something to Macbeth. The quote states, "To prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambiti...

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... smother'd in surmise, and nothing is But what is not." (1.3.140-143). Throughout Shakespeare's play, we see that Macbeth is the victim of evil seduction by women. In the above quote the evil is perpetrated by the witches. Lady Macbeth also plays a strong role in his moral corruption. "... the influence of Lady Macbeth (though she too has an inarticulate angel struggling ... by pushing Macbeth to kill Duncan. "... a very definition of the weird sisters - calling on them to unsex her to cram her with cruelty from top to toe..." (Bloom 29). This quote illustrates the connection between Lad...

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... Lady Macbeth finds that Duncan will be staying overnight at their castle, she states, "The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements." The quote reveals the Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's plan to kill Duncan. The quotation is also important to the play in terms of tone. Ravens are generally recognized as evil, or as ... an owl screech and says, "Hark! --- Peace. It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman, which gives the stern'st good-night. He is about it." Once again, the quote illustrates the sense of foreboding that is thick in the air in...

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... blade and dudgeon, gouts of blood, / Which was not so before. There's no such thing. / It is the bloody business which informs/ Thus to mine eyes." (2.1.57-61). In this quote you can see how blood is one of the main images scene throughout this entire play, and by creating a very dark and red environment by using lighting, the audience could ... hand? Come, let me clutch / thee. / I have thee not, and yet I see thee still." (2.1.44-47). You can see how important props can be in the play because this certain quote may be confusing since it is hard for the audience to tell if it is realit...

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