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The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step / On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. [ 1:5:49-50] |
Macbeth must murder in order to become king. |
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Out, out, brief candle, Life's but a walking shadow a poor player/ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/ And then is hear no more. [5:5:22-25] |
Macbeth is expressing his despair at his depressing and meaningless life. |
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I have no spur / To prick the side of my intent, but only/ Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself/ And falls on th'other [1:7:25-28] |
Metaphor: Macbeth is like a horse that needs to be spurred on. |
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If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me/ Without my stir. [1:3:141-142] |
Macbeth thinks that if chance got him to become Thane of Cawdor, maybe chance will make him king without doing anything. |
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Is this a dagger which i see before me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. / I have thee not, and yet i see thee still. [2:1:32-35] |
Macbeth hallucinates |
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