Kingship

Question 1

Why does M and LM call it the crown and not the throne?

Answer 1

something that can be easily be worn or taken off
the throne suggest permeance but they see it as a “crown” because they want to see Duncan as merely a temporary king but the problem is once they see it as a crown they teach everyone that it is just a crown which they can remove from Macbeth.Irony

Question 2

Why does Malcom side of the family call it a “throne”

Answer 2

something fixed you can ascend to

this suggest he will be a permanent king in contrast to LM and M as the crown being temporary

Question 3

How does Macbeth show he wants to depart violence?

Answer 3

as he encapsulates the universal desire to feel dissociated from the violence one commits
when Macbeth comes back from the battle it has been a bloody battle which he unseemed the Norwegian solider from the naval to chaps he cant escape the fact that he committed that violence which is shown in the argument between him and LM about killing Duncan

Question 4

What is shake spear saying about the nobility and monarchy

Answer 4

Shakespeare recognise ambition is an undercurrent between the monarchy(king) and nobility(earls,lords)
monarch cant rule without nobility
BUT when ambition is unchecked by morality the consequences are terrible for the country and for the ambitious person

Question 5

What is shakespear trying to tell James about the nobility

Answer 5

Shakespeare establishes a conflict as nobility is portrayed as the potential risk to the crown but also as the force that can restore order
Once shakespear has given the nobles a warning he then ends the play with all these nobles helping Malcom the rightful heir These nobles can be part of making James kingship a success by restoring order
so shakes pear is Pleading to nobility to not start a revolution
This play was performed in front of King James and his nobility court not in the theatre

Question 6

Who discusses kingship between themselves?

Answer 6

between Malcom and Macduff in A4 S3
In testing MacDuff, Malcom lists all the characteristics of a tyrant.These are Voluptuousness(sexual pleasure),avarice and a lack of kingly graces

Question 7

How does Malcom hint Macbeth is a tyrant

Answer 7

By pretending these are his personal faults, Malcom points out that these are marks of a tyrant-implying Macbeth
Shakespeare tells King James that he has to behavior with kingly graces and not be to opened about his sexuality and tries to warn him not to be greedy (don’t start a dispute and take their lands)

Question 8

What good qualities are listed

Answer 8

Malcom lists the graces that he tricks Macduff into thinking he does not posses.They are “justice,mercy,patience”theses are the qualities king James need to show to stop the nobles to rebel against him

Question 9

Does Malcom know how to rule a country?

Answer 9

We are aware that Malcom knows what is expected from a king and can be confident that when he rules Scotland healing will take place through kingship
Macbeth maybe asking King James to heal the divide between Catholics and protestants

Question 10

How does shakespear present power as fragile?

Answer 10

shake spear hints at the fragility of power by exposing it as a superficial and fleeting construct
Shakespeare uses Banquo to hint at how securing your lineage is more important than a transient crown

Question 11

What is the role of Macbeth?

Answer 11

shake spear uses Macbeth to exemplify the provocative idea that you cannot achieve kingship without an element of deception or using duplicitous means which has catastrophic consequences

Question 12

What does Power make you do?

Answer 12

Shakespeare demonstrates how the acquisition of power invokes an irresponsible change in character ,subverting the audiences expectations
he implies that a person poor qualities are magnified by the crown and personal desires Macbeth greed for the crown released all his poor attributes

Question 13

How is Macbeth personified as a tyrant?

Answer 13

Shakespeare characterizes Macbeth as the embodiment of absolute terror and tyranny,despite being depicted as valiant warrior which initially inspires trust and loyalty in the plays exposition -structural point

Question 14

Analyse “that his virtues

Will plead like angels,”

Answer 14

simile
shows how Duncan was appointed from God to be the monarch as he is describes as an angel
When Macbeth tries to talk himself out of killing Duncan, he describes the qualities that make Duncan a good king. He says that Duncan has been such
a humble and fair leader that murdering him would be a huge injustice.

Question 15

Give a quote said by Malcom in Act1 S7

Answer 15

The king-becoming graces,

As justice, verity, temperance, stableness,

Question 16

Give a quote said by Macbeth in Act1 S7

Answer 16

that his virtues

Will plead like angels,

Question 17

Analyse “that his virtues

Will plead like angels,”

Answer 17

simile
shows how Duncan was appointed from God to be the monarch as he is describes as an angel
When Macbeth tries to talk himself out of killing Duncan, he describes the qualities that make Duncan a good king. He says that Duncan has been such
a humble and fair leader that murdering him would be a huge injustice.

Question 18

Analyse “The king-becoming graces,

As justice, verity, temperance and stableness”

Answer 18

In this scene, Malcolm tests
Macduff’s loyalty to the country
by pretending to have none of
the qualities of a good king.
He lists the traits a king should
possess, and it’s clear to the
audience that Macbeth does not
fit the bill

Question 19

What does Macduff say in A4S3

Answer 19

O nation miserable..When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again?

Question 20

Analyse “o nation miserable when shalt thous see thy wholesome days again?”

Answer 20

Macduff emphasises that a
good leader is needed for a
country to be happy. With a
tyrant like Macbeth on the
throne, the whole nation is
worse off because he does not
care for the needs of the people.