Fear Flashcards
Topic sentence 1
TS1: At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is presented as a fearless warrior.
‘brave Macbeth…disdaining fortune’
‘like valour’s minion’
‘brave Macbeth…distaining Fortune’
L = adj. and personification. MB brave; Fortune personified being on Macdonwald’s side but MB does not fear this and defeats him anyway. C = MB embodies Jacobean ideals of masculinity – he is brave and noble.
‘Like valour’s mionion’
L= simile. represent courage like right hand man. Fearless
Topic sentence 2
TS2: However, Lady Macbeth fears that Macbeth is too good natured to murder to become king.
‘I fear thy is too full o’the milk of human kindness’
‘like the poor cat i’th’adage’
‘was the hope drunk wherein
‘I fear thy nature is too full o’th’milk of human kindness’
L = metaphor. LMB feminizes MB as milk is associated with women and maternity. she thinks he is too good-natured to kill KD. Realises must persuade him.
‘like the poor cat i’th’adage’
L = simile. LMB compares him to the cat in the proverb. wants crown, but doesn’t want to get his hands bloody.
She takes control, planning the murder,
Her dominance is shown in how she dominates the dialogue, but MB has to do it in the end as D looks like her father.
‘was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself?’
L = personifies hope as drunk. MB has lost focus of being king
Topic sentence 3
TS3: After murdering Duncan, Macbeth fears punishment from God; he also fears that Banquo’s sons will become kings
‘I could not say amen…every noise appals me’
‘they rise again and push us from our stools’
‘I could not say Amen…every noise appals me’
MB cannot pray, he cannot ask God for forgiveness. also terrified the murder will be discovered. C = C= DRK: MB realises his soul is damned as he has murdered God’s representative on Earth and this terrifies him.
‘they rise again…and push us from our stools’ (MB)
L = the stools symbolise the throne – MB ordered B’s death to protect throne but still threatens. D= Banquo’s ghost is a projection of Macbeth’s guilty conscience that increases his paranoia.
Topic sentence 4
TS4: By the end of the play, Macbeth has become desensitised to fear and chooses to die fighting.
‘I have almost forgot the taste of fears’
‘I’ll fight till from my bones my flesh be hacked’
‘I have almost forgot the taste of fears’
L + alliteration. In contrast to scenes after Duncan’s murder, MB no longer feels fear. He has no loyalty from his people and is ready to die. The natural order – and rightful king – can then be restored.
‘I’ll fight till from my bones my flesh be hacked’
L = violent verbs. MB dies as he began the play – fighting. R = creates pathos for the audience - pity as he was once a great man but catharsis – relief as we know he must die. C = message of warning – violent murderers will be punished (Gunpowder Plot). c= AC Bradley tragic hero
