mr everything english Flashcards
(7 cards)
-macbeth is being controled through his desire, links to freud’s theory of the i.d
-macbeth is a slave to his i.d
-foreshadows the eventual downfall, highlights the protagaisnt’s harmatia
- Zoom into addiotnally use of oxymoron, ‘oppressed brain’
-his brain is what controls everything
-use of adjective ‘oppressed’ emphasises negative control
-‘heat’ molds plastic, refering to L.M and the witches re-molding his poor brain.
-accpeting he’s being manipulated, but still kills duncan,
“heat oppressed brain”
soliloquay, 2.1, macbeth
-supposed man of god(macbeth) is going to meet the witches, link to satan
-use of juxtaposition
-witches are arguebly complementing macbeth, as he killed duncan, and hes suprised the witches are hes more wicked, witches worship the devil,
-macbeth is not god’s man on earth
-macbeth goes against christainity beliefs, aswell as great chain of being, shakespeare do this to present that if you go against relgion it can punish you, the stopped the audience from thinking about killing king james
- Zoom into use of chremomorphizm ‘something’, establishes how macbeth has changed so much, even the ‘evil’ witches don’t recognize him, displaying macbeth’s malluable personality
-macbeth has no more feeling, hes like an object ‘something’
-macbeth is an imposter
-macbeth is going back to the witches for me, proves macbeth’s hamartia of ambition
“something wicked this way comes”
4.1, the witches, (2nd)
use of methaphor, life to a shadow
-L.M had a hold on macbeth
-shadow can never be caught, macbeth understands his anganrosis and what all wrong he’s commited, he was constanly chasing for me
-only moment where macbeth exposes signs of regret, therefore spotlighting a glispme of morality, however its too late
-links to freud’s theory of the id, and being a slave to your desire, macbeth has understood the danger of following your id
Zoom into verb ‘walking’ constant chase
-even kingship isnt enough to satisfy the amigoguis macbeth
-wife commiting sucide, helps macbeth allude to him waking up
-could also represnent macbeth’s fatal flaw which is love for her wife
-highlights how witches don’t have full control over macbeth
“life is but a walking shadow”
5.5, macbeth
-use of metaphor, instruments are used to play, witches are playing people, foreshadows everyone gets played
-controlled in evil
-banquo recoginsed this, but ironically also got played
-macbeth was used to kill king, and betray him, foreshadows “beware Macduff”, however no man can harm him?, prohecies are juxtaposing each other ironically, links to the witches childish behavuoir
-banquo foreshadowed it all, and decpits the downfall of the macbeth’s
-contexually links to the betrayl of the supernatural, conjuring their unknown
-banquo shows how withces are tactful, witches only care about the king, to destroy kingship, as king is causing the deaths of witches
-each character is a victim, witches are the last ones standing, theyve played the game succesfully
“instruments of darkness tell us the truths… only to betray us”
1.3, banquo
-use of pathetic fallacy, weather reflects destructive mood
-‘or’ highlights their god-like power
-shakespeare uses this to foreshadow the entire text,
-thunder is a auditry sense, this refers to constant talking, which we know is both the wtiches and L.M casting a storm on macbeth, non stop for macbeth
-after thunder, theres lightning, however its a very rare act, macbeth commits a rare act, which is commiting regicide, thunder led to lightning
-rain is not rare, everyone gets wet, everyone suffers after killing of duncan, links to “instruments of darkness”, witches reinforcing their power of control
-act 1 scene 1 is a informal prologue
-sets out whole play from act 1 scene 1, connotes to the witches underlying confidence
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“In thunder, lighting, or in rain”
1.1 witches (1st)
-use of chremomorphism, treats his openents like obejcts ‘uneams’
-enscapsulates macbeth’s brutality, and lack of remorce,and confidence points towards his strong masculinity, however this begins to diseaper later on
-contextually macbeth is the perfect man, linking to the patraicharl society, shakespeare uses macbeth to show that whoever attempts or commits regicide will have serouis punishment, this is flattering king james, as he paid shakespeare to write this, this made any nobles stop from thinking to kill king james at the stop, additonally highlights the witches confidence to plot on the ‘perfect man’
-use of violent, grusome imagery
-ambition like a drug
-savage warrior macbeth, power of macbeth
-power of the witches, witches only take the strongest and convert him to other side
“unseamed from the nave to the chaps”
1.2 captain
thesis statement
cautionary tale - uses macbeth guilt and ursurpment to show committing regicide will destroy mental health and well-being, its not worth killing king james, intresting as shakespeare was payed by king james, and the play was presented to the chrisitian audience.
cautionary tale, L.M. consumed and destroyed by guilt, women need to learn their place, cant show ambition and be subservent to men, supporting the patraicharl soceital beliefs.
witches have no guilt= holy evil, evil is what macbeth becomes and is
