MACBETH ENG 3A1 Mr. Saitz For each of the following quotations, do the following: a- identify the speaker and the situation b- explain the significance of the quotation in terms of: --theme(s) --character revelation --dramatic devices (dramatic irony, foreshadowing, etc) --poetic devices (simile, metaphor, etc.) --plot development a- The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty: make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it! I v 40-47 (lines are approx.) b. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. V v 23-28 c. That, trusted home, Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, Beside the Thane of Cawdor. But 'tis strange: And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequnce. I iii 120-126 d. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on the other. I vii 25-28 e. Ah, good father, Thou seeest the heavens, as troubled with man's act, Threatens his bloody stage: by the clock 'tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp: Is't night's predominance, or the day's shame, That darkness does the face of earth entomb When living light should kiss it? II iv 4-9 f. This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. I vi 1-3