Murder and Quotation Macbeth
Word Trace: Blood, Act 3 1. a. Quotation Macbeth: We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed in England and in and speaker Ireland, not confessing their cruel parricide... (3.1. 29-31) b. Paraphrase I've heard that Duncan's sons are hiding in England and Ireland and are and clarification not confessing that they killed their father.
c. Conclusions First quote; no comparison yet. Macbeth is trying to make Banquo believe that Duncan's sons, not Macbeth, killed Duncan.
2. a. Quotation Macbeth: So is he mine, and in such bloody distance that every minute of and speaker his being thrusts against my near'st of life:... (3.1. 116-118) b. Paraphrase Banqo is also my enemy, I dislike him so much that every minute that he and clari. lives hurts me.
c. Conclusions In the first quote, bloody is meant to convey the guilt of Malcolm and Donalbain; here, Macbeth and Banquo's bloody distance means a fierce disagreement.
3. a. Quotation Macbeth: Come seeling night, scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, and and speaker with thy bloody and invisible hand cancel and tear to pieces that great bond which keeps me pale! (3.2. 46-50) b. Paraphrase Hurry night, make it dark, and kill Banquo, my enemy.
and clarification c. Conclusions In this quote, bloody means the same as it did in the original quote: guilt.
4. a. Quotation Macbeth: There's blood upon thy face. (3.4. 13) and speaker b. Paraphrase A simple quote: There is blood on your face.
and clarification c. Conclusions The blood in this quote is literal as well as figurative. The blood on the murderer's face shows that he, as well as Macbeth, is guilty of killing Banquo.
5. a. Quotation Macbeth: Blood hath been shed ere now, i' th' olden time, ere humane and speaker statue purged the gentle weal; ay, and since too, murders have been performed too terrible for the ear. (3.4. 78-80) b. Paraphrase Murders have been committed now. A long time ago, no laws were in and clari. place to stop them, now, we could die for our sins.
c.
c. Conclusions First quote; no comparison yet. Macbeth is trying to make Banquo believe that Duncan's sons, not Macbeth, killed Duncan.
2. a. Quotation Macbeth: So is he mine, and in such bloody distance that every minute of and speaker his being thrusts against my near'st of life:... (3.1. 116-118) b. Paraphrase Banqo is also my enemy, I dislike him so much that every minute that he and clari. lives hurts me.
c. Conclusions In the first quote, bloody is meant to convey the guilt of Malcolm and Donalbain; here, Macbeth and Banquo's bloody distance means a fierce disagreement.
3. a. Quotation Macbeth: Come seeling night, scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, and and speaker with thy bloody and invisible hand cancel and tear to pieces that great bond which keeps me pale! (3.2. 46-50) b. Paraphrase Hurry night, make it dark, and kill Banquo, my enemy.
and clarification c. Conclusions In this quote, bloody means the same as it did in the original quote: guilt.
4. a. Quotation Macbeth: There's blood upon thy face. (3.4. 13) and speaker b. Paraphrase A simple quote: There is blood on your face.
and clarification c. Conclusions The blood in this quote is literal as well as figurative. The blood on the murderer's face shows that he, as well as Macbeth, is guilty of killing Banquo.
5. a. Quotation Macbeth: Blood hath been shed ere now, i' th' olden time, ere humane and speaker statue purged the gentle weal; ay, and since too, murders have been performed too terrible for the ear. (3.4. 78-80) b. Paraphrase Murders have been committed now. A long time ago, no laws were in and clari. place to stop them, now, we could die for our sins.
c.