1) ‘The attempt and not the deed / Confounds us!’ a) imperative - he is hearing voices - hallucination - which could be caused by feelings of extreme guilt b) metaphor - stresses the importance of sleep in keeping a human being fit and healthy c) repetition & sibilance = to emphasise the difference between how The Macbeth’s feel. Macbeth is consumed by guilt, but Lady Macbeth feels no guilt. d) Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth has been caught trying to kill Duncan, and that he has failed. 2) ‘-Had he not resembled/My father as he slept, I had done ‘t.’ a) foreshadowing = both the Macbeths will be driven insane by feelings of guilt during the course of the play. b) indication of a split personality/mental disorder brought about by guilty feelings - repetition c) Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth has been caught trying to kill Duncan, and that he has failed. d) If Duncan hadn’t looked like Lady Macbeth’s father asleep, then she would have killed Duncan herself - so this could be a sign of weakness in this powerful female character. 3) ‘This is a sorry sight.’ a) repetition & sibilance = to emphasise the difference between how The Macbeth’s feel. Macbeth is consumed by guilt, but Lady Macbeth feels no guilt. b) foreshadowing = both the Macbeths will be driven insane by feelings of guilt during the course of the play. c) Macbeth feels regret now that he has killed the king. d) Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth has been caught trying to kill Duncan, and that he has failed. 4) ‘A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight.’ a) Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth has been caught trying to kill Duncan, and that he has failed. b) imperative - he is hearing voices - hallucination - which could be caused by feelings of extreme guilt c) If Duncan hadn’t looked like Lady Macbeth’s father asleep, then she would have killed Duncan herself - so this could be a sign of weakness in this powerful female character. d) repetition & sibilance = to emphasise the difference between how The Macbeth’s feel. Macbeth is consumed by guilt, but Lady Macbeth feels no guilt. 5) ‘These deeds must not be thought / After these ways: so, it will make us mad.’ a) foreshadowing = both the Macbeths will be driven insane by feelings of guilt during the course of the play. b) personification of sleep c) Macbeth feels regret now that he has killed the king. d) repetition & sibilance = to emphasise the difference between how The Macbeth’s feel. Macbeth is consumed by guilt, but Lady Macbeth feels no guilt. 6) ‘Sleep no more! -’ a) imperative - he is hearing voices - hallucination - which could be caused by feelings of extreme guilt b) foreshadowing = both the Macbeths will be driven insane by feelings of guilt during the course of the play. c) Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth has been caught trying to kill Duncan, and that he has failed. d) Macbeth feels regret now that he has killed the king. 7) ‘Macbeth does murder sleep!’ - the innocent sleep - a) foreshadowing = both the Macbeths will be driven insane by feelings of guilt during the course of the play. b) repetition & sibilance = to emphasise the difference between how The Macbeth’s feel. Macbeth is consumed by guilt, but Lady Macbeth feels no guilt. c) personification of sleep d) Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth has been caught trying to kill Duncan, and that he has failed. 8) ‘Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care,’ a) indication of a split personality/mental disorder brought about by guilty feelings - repetition b) imperative - he is hearing voices - hallucination - which could be caused by feelings of extreme guilt c) If Duncan hadn’t looked like Lady Macbeth’s father asleep, then she would have killed Duncan herself - so this could be a sign of weakness in this powerful female character. d) metaphor - stresses the importance of sleep in keeping a human being fit and healthy 9) ‘Glamis hath murdered sleep - and therefore Cawdor/Shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more!’ - a) Macbeth feels regret now that he has killed the king. b) indication of a split personality/mental disorder brought about by guilty feelings - repetition c) Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth has been caught trying to kill Duncan, and that he has failed. d) foreshadowing = both the Macbeths will be driven insane by feelings of guilt during the course of the play. 10) ‘.wash this filthy witness from your hand.- ‘ a) Macbeth is not upset by his 'deed'. b) blood and guilt are not linked c) personification of blood/reference to handwashing and guilt which originated in The Bible - which is repeated in Act 5 d) handwashing & guilt are not linked in history 11) ‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hands? No - this my hand will rather /The multitudinous seas incarnadine, / Making the green one red.’ a) Macbeth feels overwhelming guilt for the murder of the King, and feels that he cannot wash Duncan’s blood off his hands, which represents how he feels responsible for his actions and cannot hide them. Biblical reference (again) which will be repeated in Act 5 b) It is easy to wash blood off your hands c) Macbeth can easily overcome his feelings of guilt d) An example of personification 12) ‘My hands are of your colour - but I shame/To wear a heart so white!’ a) Lady Macbeth continues to insult her husband’s manhood. Insists that she is braver than him, continuation of gender role reversal b) Lady Macbeth respects her husband. c) Lady Macbeth regards Macbeth as being a brave hero. d) Macbeth is braver than his wife. 13) ‘A little water clears us of this deed: / How easy is it then? a) Shakespeare tells us that guilt can be washed away. b) Lady Macbeth falsely believes that by physically removing the blood from their hands by washing them, will also remove any feelings of guilt and responsibility (however, she is proved wrong in Acts 3 & 5) c) Language technique: alliteration d) It is easy to usurp the crown.

Macbeth Act 2 scene 2 - meanings of the quotes

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