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MACBETH

"Stars, hide your fires; Let not the light see my black and deep desires"




Macbeth clearly wishes to become king and using imagery. Characterising these desires as "black," clearly demonstrates that he recognises that, in order to achieve the throne, he will have to commit deeds that are contrary to his sense of right and wrong.

MACBETH

"I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none"




Macbeth says this at a point in the play when Lady Macbeth is calling him a coward for not being willing to murder King Duncan. In this context, "become" is used in the sense of "I dare do all that is becoming for a man,"where "becoming" means "appropriate" or "suitable." Macbeth is saying that he isn't afraid to do anything that's suitable for a man to do, but if he went beyond what's suitable (in this case, killing his King and friend) he would not be a man.

MACBETH

"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle towards my hand"




Themes: guilt, dreams


Macbeth is hallucinating: his power-lust has manifested in the form of a dagger he might use to murder the King.The dagger is not real but imaginary, the product of Macbeth’s disturbed mind. In the view of Shakespeare’s audience, it would have been the work of demons.The handle of the dagger points towards him as if the dagger is asking for him to use it. The hallucination appears to symbolize Macbeth’s dark intentions.



MACBETH

"Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated heart knock at my ribs against the use of nature"




Said by Macbeth as part of an aside in response to hearing the prophecy of the witches and then having the first element of that prophecy completed through his gaining of the title of Thane of Cawdor. In this aside, Macbeth explores his curious range of emotions at having had the first stage of the prophecy confirmed, and debates whether the prophecies he has received are good or bad.