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Theme Quotes in Macbeth (GUILT AND CONSCIENCE ("First, as I am his…
Theme Quotes in Macbeth
AMBITION
"My thought, whose murther is yet but fantastical." (Act 1, Scene 3, Line 139)
"I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent." (Act 1, Scene 7, Line 25-26)
An extended metaphor describes how Macbeth compares his situation to riding a horse. If a rider wants their horse to go faster he can wear a spur on his boot to prick the horse and motivate it. Macbeth is looking for a mental spur to convince and motivate him to murder King Duncan.
APPEARANCE AND REALITY
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair (Act 1, Scene 1, Line 11)
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"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." (Act 1, Scene 5, Line 64-65)
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GUILT AND CONSCIENCE
"First, as I am his kinsman and his subject." (Act 1, Scene 7, Line 13)
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"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather this multitudinous seas incarnadine." (Act 2, Scene 2)
"Vaulting ambition, which o'er-leaps itself falls on the other" (side) (Act 1, Scene 7, Line 25-28)
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"We will proceed no further in this business." (Act 1, Scene 7, Line 31)
The business Macbeth is talking about is killing the King and he is fearful and no longer onboard with this idea. Macbeth is oscillating between his decision.
Macbeth is referring to the literal blood on his hand but also the guilt he now holds. His use of dramatic language infers that that the blood could stain all the ocean's red. He feels he is now a changed man as a consequence of what he has done. The blood is a symbol of guilt.
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