Horror

Question 1

“Like Valour’s minion carv’d out his passage” - A1S2

Answer 1

M making his way to the traitor Cawdor. kills horrifically although it is for the king

Question 2

“horrid image doth unfix my hair”
“make my seated heart knock against my ribs” A1S3

Answer 2

thought of murder invokes guilt, creates an unnatural physical reaction
horrid - adjective, conveys the shock and and the distress caused by the act of murder
unfix my hair - hair is dishevelled, disarray, subconsciously knows that murder will cause chaos and negatively interact with the natural order

seated heart - his heart at normal pace
knock - verb, powerful and unsteady, unsettled him enough to cause a constant, physical sense of guilt
shows his unnatural, horrifying and genuine/authentic/bare thoughts

Question 3

“A dagger of the mind, a false creation , Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?”
A2S2

Answer 3

macbeth remains conflicted even minutes away from duncans murder, he is questioning his sanity. the rate at which his mind is deteriorating shows shakespeares purpose in using the supernatural, receiving guidance from the supernatural is comprimising his ability to think rationally. shows his own personal horror at future actions and prospect of going insane
dagger - noun, smaller than a sword yet just as lethal, macbeth wields weapons in order to achieve his ambitions (power and recognition from duncan, becoming king)
mind, a false creation - noun, context, religious believe god was our conscience and in turning his back on god and receiving guidance from the supernatural, M and his mind are not trustworthy, deceiving him and further leading him astray from god
heat-oppressed - adjective, brain is under stress and pressure induced by his ambition/ potential supernatural interference, the murder if Duncan causes psychological turmoil so severe if manifests physically in M

Question 4

“Here lay Duncan, His silver skin lac’d with his golden blood and his gash’d stabs look’d like a breach in nature”
A2S3

Answer 4

Macduff when discovering Duncans death
silver skin

Question 5

“Never shake thy gory locks at me!”
A3S4

Answer 5

never - imperative verb, forceful and final, macbeth believes his power as king makes him have power ovwr supernatural beings
banquo is shaking his head at macbeth, he disagrees witb him, even in death. he is a supernatural and unnatural being; but he still understands that macbeth is far more unnatural than him - macbeth is the unrightful king who commited regicide
gory locks - adjective and noun, bloody hair, reminder of banquos bloody and violent and graphic and disrespectful death

Question 6

“I am in blood stepp’d in so far that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er”
A3S4

Answer 6

M becomes a bloodthirsty tyrant, no turning back

Question 7

Purpose of Horror?

Answer 7

presented through the characters actions and the use of supernatural and soliloquies. therefore we see the purely barbaric and terrifying thought of M, showing the horror in macbetb
shakespeare created the play as a cautionary tale for those inspired by the gunpowder plot and the enhanced the element of horror jn the olay to discourage those planning to commit treason of any kind