Macbeth kingship Flashcards
1
Q
‘______ sceptre’
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barren
Theme of crop failure
Macbeth has no heir and his struggle and grief from killing Duncan is now pointless to him.
1
Q
‘upon my head they placed a ________ crown’
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fruitless
Indicative of the idea that he has no heir and his struggle was futile
2
Q
‘most ____________ murder’
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sacriligious
-metaphor
Duncan is chosen by God and Macbeth has rejected this by killing him, disrupting the natural order by giving into his ambition (hamartia)
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