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Macbeth key quotes :crossed_swords: - Coggle Diagram
Macbeth key quotes :crossed_swords:
'Is this a dagger i see before me?'
Macbeth is questioning why he is killing duncan
Dagger is like a final warning
Symbolises his mental torment
Act 1 scene 4
"Stars, hide your fires, / Let not light see my black and deep desires" - Shows his awareness of his evil actions.
"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?"
act 2 scene 3
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'His fruitless crown and his barren sceptre'
Macbeth is saying killing Duncan was pointless, he has no heirs to give the crown down to.
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Captains speech: 'With his brandished steel', 'unseemed him from the nave to the chops',
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'Vaulting Ambition'
Reckless, overwhelming desire
n his soliloquy, Macbeth acknowledges that his sole motivation to kill Duncan is unchecked ambition, which he fears will lead to his downfall.
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act 1 scene 7