Heroes and Villians

Question 1

Macbeth hero

Answer 1

• “Valours Minion”
• “Eagle, Lion”

Question 2

Macbeth villian

Answer 2

• “Stars hide your fires..not..see my black and deep desires”
• “Firstlings of my heart … firstlings of my hand”

Question 3

Technique, zoom x2

“Stars hide your fires..not..see my black and deep desires”

Act 1, Scene 4

Macbeth (aside)

Answer 3

-Personification emphasises the extent macbeth will go to to conceal his “desires”

• “Black” –> conotes to darkness and sin
• “Deep desires” –> alliterative, poetic, hidden + sinful —-symbolise evil

He has an understanding/ a moral code that he chooses to subvert mentally

Question 4

“The very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand”

Act 4, Scene 1

Macbeth

Answer 4

-Declarative sentence —-> authoritative
-Repetition —> emphasise immediate/ rash
- “Firstlings” the first offspring, immediate, ideas newborn and not mature
- “Heart” —> Connotations to emotions (iambic stress)
- “My” possesive====selfish

-Decisions effect solely on rash emotions rather than thought

-Acting on his evil thoughts, subverts moral code +—– vilian