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Act Scene 2 -. 1. Lady Macbeth waits nervously for her husband, she is drunk, and is scared he has not killed Duncan. 2. Macbeth returns fearful that he has ...
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Act Scene 2 -
Act Scene 2 -
This is a very tense and dramatic scenefollowing directly after the famous ‘dagger’soliloquy which ended with Macbeth goingto Duncan’s bedroom having heard the bell,his signal from Lady Macbeth to carry outthe murder. Macbeth is being questioned byhis conscience as he is suffering misery fromthe deed he has commited.
KEY QUOTES – “That which hath made them drunk hath made me
bold,/ What hath quench’d them hath givenme fire.”
What has made the guards drunk has given me courage what has madethem helpless has made me feel strong.
Act Scene 2 – ANALYSIS OF QUOTES
Act Scene 2 – ANALYSIS OF QUOTES
KEY QUOTES – “That which hath made them drunk hath made me
bold,/ What hath quench’d them hath givenme fire.”
What has made the guards drunk has given me courage what has madethem helpless has made me feel strong.
KEY QUOTES – “Hark! I laid the daggers ready;he could not missthem. Had he not resembled my father as he slept, Ihad done’t“
What’s that! I laid the knives
out so there’s no way Macbeth could miss them.If Duncan hadn’t looked like my dad I wouldhave killed him myself.
Act Scene 2 – ANALYSIS OF QUOTES
“…tis the eye of childhood/ That fears a painted devil. lf he do bleed, I’ll gildthe faces of the grooms withal….A little waterclears us of these deeds”
Only children imagine scary things that don’t really exist. If Duncan’sbleeding I’ll mark the guards faces…A drop ofwater will get rid of any sign of this crime.
Act Scene 2 – ANALYSIS OF QUOTES
But wherefore could not I pronounce ‘Amen’? I had most need ofblessing, and ‘Amen’/ Stuck in my throat ……Macbeth shall sleep no more”
Why couldn’t I say Amen? I
really needed God’s help and ‘Amen stuck in my
throat.. I’ll never sleep again…’
Act Scene 2 – ANALYSIS OF QUOTES
” Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No,this is my hand will rather/ Themultitudinous seas incarnadine,/ Making thegreen one red..”
Will all the water in the
ocean ever wash this blood off my hands? No, infact my hand will make all the seas scarlet,making them turn from green to red.”
” Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No,this is my hand will rather/ Themultitudinous seas incarnadine,/ Making thegreen one red..”
Will all the water in the
ocean ever wash this blood off my hands? No, infact my hand will make all the seas scarlet,making them turn from green to red.”
Act Scene 2 – ANALYSIS OF QUOTES
” Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No,this is my hand will rather/ Themultitudinous seas incarnadine,/ Making thegreen one red..”
Will all the water in the
ocean ever wash this blood off my hands? No, infact my hand will make all the seas scarlet,making them turn from green to red.”
Act Scene 2 – ANALYSIS OF QUOTES
Act Scene 2 – ANALYSIS OF QUOTES HOW DOES SHAKESPEARE CREATE TENSION IN THIS SCENE?