key words, context, key themes

Question 1

THUD MITCH V

Answer 1

tragic hero/ heroine, hamartia, unchecked, duplicitous, motif of sleep/ blood, irresistible allure, tyrannical, carcass of insanity, violating divine order/ law

Question 2

KING DUNCAN’S GRIM DEATH SPARKS PARANOIA

Answer 2

king james I, divine right of kings, great chain of being, daemonologie, seven deadly sins, patriarchy

Question 3

king james I

Answer 3

patron for shakespeare plays, shakespeare wanted to appease him, wrote against regicide

Question 4

the divine right of kings

Answer 4

god chooses the king, disrupting this was seen as an assault on god himself, macbeth violated the divine right of kings by committing regicide

Question 5

great chain of being

Answer 5

god created the world with a hierarchical order - rich above the poor, men above women (links to divine right of kings)
macbeths bloodthirsty rampage violates the great chain of being
lady macbeth tries to alter her position by being more powerful than macbeth

Question 6

daemonologie

Answer 6

book written by james I which describes the supernatural and how to punish witchcraft
witches supernatural depiction matches the exact description of the supernatural in daemonologie
another way for shakespeare to appease james I

Question 7

seven deadly sins and religion

Answer 7

seven deadly sins were to be avoided within christianity to abstain from being influenced by the devil
macbeth and lady macbeth embody green wrath pride and envy
macbeth is driven by his pride and is greedy for more powerful he is envious of the power of duncan this results in his violent wrath as he commits regicide

Question 8

patriarchy

Answer 8

male dominated society where women were inferior to men
lady macbeth consistently subverts patriarchal expectations of a woman as she manipulates and emasculates macbeth

Question 9

VAGGAS

Answer 9

violence, ambition, guilt, gender, appearance vs reality, supernatural

Question 10

shakespeares intentions

Answer 10

utilises ambition as a central theme to underpin the play - revealing its morally corrosive and blinding influence on individuals driven by self fulfilling and egocentric aspirations

Question 11

shakespeares intentions

Answer 11

king james was a patron to his play - he uses the play as a veiled allegory

Question 12

shakespeares intentions

Answer 12

cautions the audience about the perilous consequences of succumbing to the irresistible allure of supernatural powers