☆ Flashcards

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Guilt

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  1. Motif of blood used to represent guilt
    “Neptunes oceans”
    “Gouts of blood”
    “Out damned spot”
  2. LM initially feels no remorse but eventually it consumes her
    “Little water clears us of this deed”
    “All perfumes of Arabia”
    “Will these hands ne’er be clean”
    ( Her suicide )
  3. Macbeth suppression of guilt leads him to more evil
    “Give to edge of sword”
    “Blood stepped in”
  4. Psychological impact of guilt
    “Full of scorpions is my mind”
    “Light by her continually”
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Witches

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  1. Macbeth is just susceptible to manipulation
    “Stay imperfect speakers…”
    “Instruments of darkness”
    “So foul and fair a day I have not seen”
  2. Witches manipulative powerful
    “Thunder and lightning”
    “Security is mortals…”

3.Witches impact LM even if not spoken to directly
“Come to my woman’s breast”
“Come thick night”
“Come spirits that tend on mortal thoughts”

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Kingship

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  1. Duncan seen as quintessential king
    “Virtues that plead like angels”
    “Valiant cousin…”
    “Silver skin laced with golden blood”
  2. Macbeth rule based on fear and he’s punished for it showing it wrong
    “Give to edge of sword”
    “Dead butcher”
    “Untie winds”
  3. Kingship awarded by God
    “Could I not pronounce Amen”
    “By the grace of Grace”
    “Time is free”
  4. Scotland suffers under wrong king
    “It weeps”
    “It bleeds”
    “Poor country”
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Ambition

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  1. Nobility is lost through following unchecked ambition
    “Valour’s minion”
    “Brave Macbeth”
    “Tyrant”
    “Dead butcher”
    “Cursed usurpers head”
  2. Through LM we see identity loss through following ambition
    “Unsex me here”
    “I would’ve while it was smiling”
  3. Witches awaken M ambition
    “Thalt shall be king hereafter”
    “Tell me more”
  4. Ambition leads to greed
    “Be innocent of the knowledge”
    “To be thus is nothing but to be safely thus”
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What does Banquo call the witches

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Instruments of darkness

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What shows Macbeths psychological
Impact of guilt

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Full of scorpions is my mind

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7
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How is Malcom religious

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By the grace of Grace

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8
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Out damned spot ……….

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Out damned spot! Who would’ve thought the old man to have so much blood in him

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