Macbeth Flashcards
7 THEMES
- Ambition
- Loyalty and guilt
- Reality and appearance
- The supernatural/evil
- Femininity and Masculinity
- Corruption
- Violence
MACBETH
description of the character
- brave
- ambitious
- cowardly / weak
- easily led
- violent
DUNCAN
description of the character
- strong
- well loved
- respected
BANQUO
description of the character
- friend
- brave
- loyal
- honest
WITCHES
description of the character
- mysterious
- supernatural
- evil
LADY MACBETH
description of the character
- ambitious
- manipulative
- ruthless
- calculating
- remorseful
- guilty
- mad
CONTEXT || JAMES 1 ||
Written for James 1 - was a time of turbulence and political intrigue
FEAR OF TRAITORS AND ‘PRETENDERS TO THE THRONE’
He had a fascination with the supernatural and witches
CONTEXT ||| WOMEN |||
Women were inferior and subservient to men
CONTEXT ||| KINGSHIP |||
Diving right of kings
GOD CHOOSES NOT ANYONE ELSE
(Macbeth cannot be rightfully kind. He wasn’t ‘chosen’)
CONTEXT ||| THREATS |||
Can be seen as a warning that disloyal traitors will fall and be punished
GUN POWDER PLOT - GUY FAWKES
“O full of…”
”..scorpions is my mind”
O FULL OF SCORPIONS IS MY MIND
“I think of …. not “
“…them…”
I THINK NOT OF THEM
“Life’s but a…”
”..walking shadow”
LIFES BUT A WALKING SHADOW
“What’s … is ….”
“…done…done”
WHATS DONE IS DONE
“Too full of the…”
”..milk of human kindness”
TO FULL OF THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS
