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Violence in Macbeth
At the start, Macbeth kills for the king and is called brave. Then he kills the king. Then children. Same skill. Different name.
The quotes
18 quotes, in the order they happen.
brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name)
Captain · Act 1, Scene 2 · violence · kingship
At the start, Macbeth is a hero. He wins the battle for the king.
Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here
Lady Macbeth · Act 1, Scene 5 · gender and manhood · the supernatural · violence
She asks the spirits to take away the woman in her. Then she can be cruel.
When you durst do it, then you were a man
Lady Macbeth · Act 1, Scene 7 · gender and manhood · violence
She says a real man would do it. He believes her.
I dare do all that may become a man. Who dares do more is none
Macbeth · Act 1, Scene 7 · gender and manhood · violence
Macbeth says a real man knows when to stop. He loses this fight.
I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me
Lady Macbeth · Act 1, Scene 7 · gender and manhood · violence
She says she would kill her own baby before she broke a promise. This is how far she will go.
Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?
Macbeth · Act 2, Scene 1 · the supernatural · guilt · violence
Macbeth sees a knife in the air. Real or not, it points him to the king's room.
Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?
Macbeth · Act 2, Scene 2 · guilt · violence
Can the whole sea wash the blood off his hands? No.
There's daggers in men's smiles
Donalbain · Act 2, Scene 3 · appearance and reality · violence
The king's sons run away. Any smile could hide a knife.
We have scorched the snake, not killed it
Macbeth · Act 3, Scene 2 · violence · guilt
They hurt the snake. They did not kill it. The danger is still there.
Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day
Macbeth · Act 3, Scene 2 · the supernatural · violence
Now Macbeth asks the night to hide his crime. His wife used to say this. They have swapped.
It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood
Macbeth · Act 3, Scene 4 · violence · guilt · fate and free will
Blood wants more blood. One murder needs another.
I am in blood Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er
Macbeth · Act 3, Scene 4 · violence · guilt
He is so deep in blood that going back is as hard as going on. So he goes on.
All my pretty ones? Did you say "all"? O hell-kite! All?
Macduff · Act 4, Scene 3 · violence · gender and manhood
Macduff hears his family is dead. He asks again and again. He cannot believe it.
I have almost forgot the taste of fears
Macbeth · Act 5, Scene 5 · violence · guilt
Nothing scares him any more. He feels nothing.
Turn, hellhound, turn!
Macduff · Act 5, Scene 8 · violence
Macduff calls him a dog from hell. Not a king.
Lay on, Macduff, And damned be him that first cries "Hold! Enough!"
Macbeth · Act 5, Scene 8 · violence · fate and free will
His last words. He fights even though he knows he will lose.
this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen
Malcolm · Act 5, Scene 8 · kingship · violence
Malcolm's last word on them. A butcher and his devil queen.
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