macbeth context +intentions

Question 1

what are the keywords you should include?
THUD MITCH V

Answer 1

T - tragic hero
H - hamartia (fatal flaw)
U - unchecked (uncontrollable)
D - duplicitousness (deceitful)

M - motif of sleep/ blood
I - irresistible allure (pull)
T - tyrannical (cruel/ oppressive leader)
C - carcass of insanity
H - hubris

V - violating divine order/ law

Question 2

context?
King Duncan’s Grim Death Sparks Paranoia

Answer 2

King James I
Divine right of kings
Great chain of being
Daemonologie
Seven deadly sins
Paranoia

Question 3

King James I?

Answer 3

• was a patron (funded) for Shakespeare’s plays. Shakespeare wanted to appease (please) him
• wrote against regicide (killing of the king)

Question 4

the divine right of kings?

Answer 4

• God chooses the king. Disrupting this was seen as an assault on God himself
• macbeth violates the divine right of kings by committing regicide

Question 5

daemonologie

Answer 5

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

Question 6

seven deadly sins and religious

Answer 6

• 7 deadly sins were to be avoied within Chrisianity to abstain from being influenced by the devil. some are: greed (want for more), wrath (anger), pride (ego) and envy (jealousy)
• macbeth and lady macbeth embody: greed, wrath, pride and envy
• macbeth is driven by his pride and his greedy for power - he is envious of the power of Duncan. This results in his violent wrath as he commits regicide (killing of the king)

Question 7

the patriarchy

Answer 7

• male dominated society where women were inferior (below) men
• lady macbeth consistently subverts (goes against) patriarchal expectations of women as she manipulates and emaculates (makes him feel lesser of a man) macbeth

Question 8

what is 1 general shakespeare intentions you can apply to any essay: (about ambition)

Answer 8

shakespeare 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 9

another general intention? (james I)

Answer 9

As king james I was a patron to his plays, shakespeare uses the play as a veiled (indirect) allegory (play intended to teach). He intertwines the act of regicide with tormenting guilt, a potent reminder of the potential consequences of those who disrupt the divinely ordained order

Question 10

another general intention? supernatural

Answer 10

shakespeare cautions the audience about the perilous consequences of succumbing to the irresistible allure of supernatural powers, emphasising that such engagement with this dark force inevitability results in a quick and catastrophe disaster