QUOTES

If it were done when tis done, then twere well it were done quicklyfalls on thother. (54) MB on reasoning not to kill king,
how actions have consequences
Well proceed no further in this business (56) MB reasoning against killing king.
Methought I heard a voice cry Sleep no more! (70) MB hallucination
Had I but died an hour before this chance, I had lived a blessed time.(82) MB after murder of king
Thou hast it nowI fear thou hast playedst most foully for it.(92) BQ suspicious of MB
I am in blood, stepped so far, that should I wade no moreas tedious as go oer(122) Macbeth, killed so many there is no use in going back
Double double toil and trouble..(132) Witches before MB + demons
Some say hes mad; others that lesser hat him to call it valiant fury.(178) - Caithness describing MB while being invaded
I have almost forgot the taste of fears...cannot once start me (190) MB when a woman cried
Turn, hellhound, turn - MD during fight
Damn be him that first cries Hold enough! MB during same fight
Behold where stands the usurpers cursed head - MD w/ MBs head
THEME: How ambition can lead to corruption if unchecked by morals. Duncan killed, paranoia, milk of human kindness. Understanding repercussions, driven by LMB.
MOTIF: Pathetic fallacy. Blood - battle Norway vs Scot, blood = guilt, cannot be washed off eventually. Thicken my blood. Imaginary dagger is bloody. Blood corresponds w/ manliness, my hands are your
colour. The fountain of your blood is stopped + bloodline. There is blood on thy face = guilt.
ILLUSIONS: Methought I hear a voice cry sleep no more!; is this a dagger before me; witches and demons + mirrors, ghost of Banquo. LMB - Blood on hand
PLOT
1i - Witches meet, confronting MB
1ii - MB + BQ fought bravely in battle, King is told, MB killed traitor Macdonwald. Traitorous thane of Cawdor. Cardor - death, MB - thane
1iii. MB + BQ meet w/ witches, make prophecies. Message of thaneship delivered to MB.
1iv - Malcolm heir 2 throne, stands Btween MB + crown, plans for King 2 dine @ MBs.
1v - LMB reads letter from MB, plan to seize crown
1vi - King + others enter castle, praise hospitality
1vii - MB questions killing Duncan, LMB rids him of doubts
2i. BQ + Fleance wander castle, BQ had nightmares, meet up w/ MB. They leave, dagger vision.
2ii. MB leaves, LMB hears MB, he has killed king. Forgets 2 hide evidence, LMB does
2iii. Porter scene, alcohol, MB enters, MD discovers killed king, MB kills servants. MC and DB flee Scotland.
2iv - Ross + old man talk, weird stuff happened. MB made king (MD informs them). Ppl suspicious of MB
3i - BQ ponders prophecy. Invited by the MBs for dinner, rides horse, plan to discuss DB and MC. MB fears BQ. MB had convinced
murderers to kill BQ + son.
3ii - LMB in despair, MB also concerned, there r still threats 2 the throne, tells LMB to be nice to guests who will me killed.
[MB takes on role of LMB]
3iii - Murderers kill BQ, son escapes. Go off to report to MB.
3iv. Feast. Murderers report to MB. BQ ghost vision. Tells LMB he will visit Witches tomorrow.
3v - Witches meet w/ Hecate, she scolds them for meddling w/ MB, will take over as supervisor. Plan to set up demons for MB.
3vi - Lennox walks w/ another lord. BQ murder blamed on son. Both lords suspect MB. MD joins MC in Engl. to ask king for aid. News of this
prompts MB to prepare 4 war.
4i - Witches brewing, Hecate compliments them on work. MB comes. 3 demons + Banquos ghost. Lennox: MD to Engl. MB plans to kill MD fam.
4ii - LMD asks Ross why MD has fled. Ross reassures her. LMD says MD is dead, son says not so. Messenger tells her she is in danger, MD
refuses to believe. Murderers kill them.
4iii - MC tests MDs loyalty, passes, embraces as ally. Ross tells MD fam. is good, urges MC to go to Scot. MC says he will return w/ 10,000 soldiers.
Ross tells MD fam. has been killed, is crushed w/ grief. MC tells him they will get revenge.
5i - Doctor/LMB sleepwalking scene. MB has fortified castle, MC is making plans near the woods. Nothing can harm him (born of woman). LMB dies.
Woods are moving, MB prepares 4 battle. MB fights well in battle, MD searches for him. MB and MD fight, meanwhile MC and Siward enter castle.

PATHETIC FALLACY

The conversation between Ross and the old man at the beginning of Act 2, scene 4, tells the
audience about a number of unnatural occurrences in the weather and the behavior of
animals, which cast a menacing shadow over Macbeths ascension to the throne. In
Shakespeares tragedies (Julius Caesar, King Lear, and Hamlet, in particular), terrible
supernatural occurrences often betoken wicked behavior on the part of the characters and
tragic consequences for the state. The storms that accompany the witches appearances
and Duncans murder are more than mere atmospheric disturbances; they are symbols of
the connection between moral, natural, and political developments in the universe of
Shakespeares plays. By killing Duncan, Macbeth unleashes a kind of primal chaos upon the
realm of Scotland, in which the old order of benevolent king and loyal subjects is replaced by
a darker relationship between a tyrant and his victims.
King Edward has miraculous power to cure disease (4iii)