So, my teacher gave us sort of a "sample" test consisting of random quotes from the first half of Macbeth. Our task was to identify the dramatic significance of each of them. I have some idea of what answer to write but I still don't really know how to word it into an acceptable answer. Here goes:
“Hover through the fog and filthy air”
“As cannons overcharg’d with double cracks;/ So they doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe:/ Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds,/ Or memorize another Golgatha,”
“…But ‘tis strange:/ And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,/ The instruments of darkness tell us truths,/ Win us honest trifles, to betray’s/ In deepest consequence”
“My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,/ Shakes so my single state of man that function/ is smother’d in surmise”
“I have begun to plant thee, and will labour/ To make thee full of growing…”
“The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step,/ On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap,/ For in my way it lies.”
“Lay it to thy heart, and farewell.”
“…Hie thee hither,/ That I may pour my spirits in thine ear,”
“Stop up the access and passage to remorse,/ That no compunctious visitings of nature/ Shake my fell purpose,”
“…you shall put/ This night’s great business into my dispatch,/ Which shall to all our nights and days to come/ Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.
“We will speak further.”
“This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air/ Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself/ Unto our gentle senses”
“But in these cases/ We still have judgement here;”
“We will proceed no further in this business:/ He hath honour’d me of late, and I have brought/ Golden opinions from all sorts of people,”
“We fail!”
“Bring forth men-children only!”
If you guys could give me some input I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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