Macbeth
Character grid: Macbeth
Quotation Context
“noble Macbeth”
“Is this a dagger which I
see before me,
The handle toward my
hand?”
“ you can behold such
sights/ And keep the Macbeth, speaking to Lady
natural ruby of your
cheeks,/ When mine is
blanch’d with fear.”
“It will have blood they Act 3, scene 4. Macbeth
say: blood will have
Analysis
Act 1, scene 3. King Initially in the play,
Duncan speaking of Macbeth is seen as a
Macbeth. strong, loyal warrior. He is
respected and stead-fast in
his intentions. Just a few
scenes later, he murders
Duncan.
Act 2, scene 1.
Macbeth speaking in At this point in the play,
soliloquy. Macbeth starts to
hallucinate. He imagines a
dagger.
Act 3, scene 4. Here, Macbeth has seen
Banquo’s ghost- he is
Macbeth. highly disturbed by this.
His mental health is
starting to deteriorate. In
contrast, Lady Macbeth is
not as moved or affected
and has not seen the ghost.
“blanch’d”= his cheeks are
white with fear.
“natural ruby of your
cheeks”= Lady Macbeth
still has colour in her face;
she is not frightened like
him.
One of the main symbols
speaking to his court. in Macbeth is blood. The
blood.” play is seen as one of
Shakespeare’s bloodiest.
Here we see the idea that
blood has been shed, the
natural order broken (by
Duncan’s murder) and
more blood will follow.