Macbeth
Animal Imagery
‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent ‘nder it.’ – Lady Macbeth [1:5]
‘We have scorched the snake, but not killed it.’ – Macbeth [3:2]
‘O’ so full of scorpions is my mind, dearest wife.’ – Macbeth [3:2]
Blood Imagery
‘Out, damn spot: out, I say!’ – Lady Macbeth [5:1]
‘All the perfumes of Arabia could not sweeten this little hand.’ – Lady Macbeth [5:1]
‘Turn multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.’ – Macbeth [2:2]
‘I am in blood, stepped in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious
as to go o’er.’ – Macbeth [3:4]
‘My hands are of your colour.’ – Lady Macbeth [2:2]
Religious Imagery
‘I had most need of blessing, and “amen” stuck in my throat.’ - Macbeth
‘Banquo, thy soul flight, if it finds heaven, must find it out tonight.’ – Macbeth [3:1]
‘New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrow strike Heaven on the face.’ -
‘Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires.’ – Macbeth [1:4]
‘Of horrid Hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth.’ – Macduff [4:3]
Water Imagery
‘All of the perfumes of Arabia could not sweeten this little hand.’ [5:1]
‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?’ – Macbeth [2:2]
‘A little water clears us of this deed.’ – Lady Macbeth [2:2]
Gender Imagery
‘Unsex me here’ – Lady Macbeth [1:5]
‘Come to my woman’s breasts, and take my milk for gall, you murth’ring ministers.’ –
Lady Macbeth [1:5]
Death of Scotland Imagery
‘Bleed, bleed poor country.’ – Macduff [4:3]
‘New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrow strike Heaven on the face.’ [4:2]
‘With an untitled tyrant, bloody sceptred.’ - Macduff [4:3]
‘Be called our mother, but our grave.’ – Ross [4:3]
‘To be thus is nothing; but to be safely thus – our fears in Banquo stick deep.’ – Macbeth
[3:1]
Supernatural Imagery:
‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair.’ – Witches [1:1]
‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen.’ – Macbeth [1:3]
‘Something wicked this way comes.’ – Witches
Animal Imagery
‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent ‘nder it.’ – Lady Macbeth [1:5]
‘We have scorched the snake, but not killed it.’ – Macbeth [3:2]
‘O’ so full of scorpions is my mind, dearest wife.’ – Macbeth [3:2]
Blood Imagery
‘Out, damn spot: out, I say!’ – Lady Macbeth [5:1]
‘All the perfumes of Arabia could not sweeten this little hand.’ – Lady Macbeth [5:1]
‘Turn multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.’ – Macbeth [2:2]
‘I am in blood, stepped in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious
as to go o’er.’ – Macbeth [3:4]
‘My hands are of your colour.’ – Lady Macbeth [2:2]
Religious Imagery
‘I had most need of blessing, and “amen” stuck in my throat.’ - Macbeth
‘Banquo, thy soul flight, if it finds heaven, must find it out tonight.’ – Macbeth [3:1]
‘New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrow strike Heaven on the face.’ -
‘Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires.’ – Macbeth [1:4]
‘Of horrid Hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth.’ – Macduff [4:3]
Water Imagery
‘All of the perfumes of Arabia could not sweeten this little hand.’ [5:1]
‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?’ – Macbeth [2:2]
‘A little water clears us of this deed.’ – Lady Macbeth [2:2]
Gender Imagery
‘Unsex me here’ – Lady Macbeth [1:5]
‘Come to my woman’s breasts, and take my milk for gall, you murth’ring ministers.’ –
Lady Macbeth [1:5]
Death of Scotland Imagery
‘Bleed, bleed poor country.’ – Macduff [4:3]
‘New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrow strike Heaven on the face.’ [4:2]
‘With an untitled tyrant, bloody sceptred.’ - Macduff [4:3]
‘Be called our mother, but our grave.’ – Ross [4:3]
‘To be thus is nothing; but to be safely thus – our fears in Banquo stick deep.’ – Macbeth
[3:1]
Supernatural Imagery:
‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair.’ – Witches [1:1]
‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen.’ – Macbeth [1:3]
‘Something wicked this way comes.’ – Witches
