Metaphors+-Structured+Overview+Activity


 * __Open the file below to find an activity about the Metaphors that are used in the play Macbeth.__**

[|Macbeth Metaphors -structured overview.doc]

** 1. Metaphors help you visualise the ideas and create atmosphere. **   e.g. Clothes “Why do you dress me in borrowed robes.” MB to     “New honours come upon him like strange garments” Banquo about  __.__ e.g. Blood “Out damned spot I say” ‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” “I am in blood, stepped in so far that I should wade no more,Returning were as tedious as go o’er” e.g. sleep “Methought I heard a voice cry,’sleep no more:Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep” Macbeth to     “You lack the season of all natures, sleep.” Lady Macbeth to     e.g. nature “ I heard the owls scream and the crickets cry” Lady Macbeth to     “some say the earth was feverish and did shake” __Lennox__ __to__ “A falcon towering in her pride of place was killed by a mouse hawk.” Old man to     “Duncan’s horses…turned wild in nature, broke their stalls…”Ross to      e.g. appearances Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it. e.g. religion “So clear in his office, that his virtues will plead like angels.” Macbeth about “ for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell “ I had most need of blessing and ‘Amen’ tuck in my throat” ** 2. There are contrasting ideas in sentences that create doubt. **  e.g. so fair and foul a day I have not seen. e.g. “Lesser than Macbeth, and greater” “Not so happy, yet much happier.” e.g. “ This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill, cannot be good.” e.g. “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.” __Duncan__ __about Cawdor__. ** 3. The witches tell stories, make potions by remembering rhymes and stating weird   ** ** ingredients. **  e.g. “a sailor’s wife had chestnuts in her lap and munched and munched and munched. ‘Give me’ quoth I. ‘Aroint thee, witch’ the romp-fed ronyon cries…” What did she do to her husband? e.g. “Thrice to thine, thrice to mine and thrice again, to make up nine. Peace, the charm’s wound up.” e.g. “Eye of newt, toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog…” e.g. “Cool it with baboon’s blood, then the charm is firm and good.” ** 4. There is irony in some of the words. Irony is when there is an obvious meaning of the and a hidden meaning. **  “ For I fear he is too full of the milk of human kindness” (later on he isn’t!) “I wish your horses swift and sure of foot” __Macbeth to Banquo!__ “It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury…” (Life is: Macbeth when Lady MB dies.) “No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest.” __Duncan__ __to Ross__. “This castle has a pleasant seat. The air nimbly recommends itself. __Duncan__ __before entering Inverness!__ ** 5. There is lots of listing of people's qualities and lots of name calling. This makes the people seem extreme – heroes or villains. **  e.g. Merciless MacDonwald, Brave Macbeth, Noble Macbeth, “True worthy Banquo, he is so valiant” (Duncan about Banquo) e.g.“As hounds, and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, shoughs, water-rugs…” (Macbeth of the murderers.) e.g.“But for your husband, he is noble, wise, judicious…” Ross of MacDuff to Lady MD   e.g.“Not in the legions of hell can come a devil more damned In evils to top Macbeth.” Macduff persuading Malcolm he is not in with Macbeth. e.g.“ The king becoming graces –As justice, verity, temp’rance, stableness, bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, devotion, patience, courage, fortitude –I have no relish of them.” Malcolm analysing Kingly qualities he does not have/want. e.g. “Tyrant. Show thy face. “Turn Hell-hound.Turn” “Behold where stands the usurpers head.”
 * __How does Shakespeare use language in an interesting way in Macbeth? __**