Macbeth Flashcards
How is the theme of ambition/power shown?
emphiazed in act 1 scene 5 when macbeth writes a letter to lady macbeth he has been asking around if the witches are reliable and in the letter he says that he found a good source and believes the witches are reliable he syas they have more knowledge then macbeth and his wife
How is Macbeth shown as powerful and power less at the same time?
ambitious for prophecies to be true also shows he is powerful and at the same time powerless
POWERFUL-Macbeth shows us he is pulling the strings of his wife she is the brain and he is the muscles “
POWERLESS-witches have more mortal knowledge then him
How is Macbeth weakness portrayed?
At the start of the act 2 he declares to lady mac he will not be killing the king and committing regicide but lady mac persuades him buy questioning his masculinity and the king is dead at the end of the act
Lady mac is now pulling his strings
How is a patriarchal society shown?
in a patriacol society men showed dominance therfore macbeth killed duncan to show lady mabeth he could kill
How is guilt shown in act 2?
“Macbeth does murder sleep”
Sleep symbolizes innocence, purity, and peace of mind, and in killing Duncan Macbeth actually does murder sleep.
How does sleep in act 2 link to act 5?
.The statement foreshadows the guilt and paranoia that will torment both Macbeth and his wife for the rest of the play. It also more literally foreshadows Macbeth’s insomnia and Lady Macbeth’s sleep-walking as symptoms of their guilty consciences.
How has Macbeth confidence risen from act 1?
Macbeth is now king and orders Fleance and Banquo to be killed
he now acts of his own back at no point does he consult Lady Mac he leaves her to one side
How is ambition shown in the ghost of Banquo scene?
At the feast Macbeth sees Banquo ghost Macbeth does not feel guilt but in fact paranoid that Fleance will be king this haunts his mind not the guilt of Banquo death
his obsessions for ambition forces him to see the ghost of Banquo
How is his downfall foreshadowed during the play?
How is the trajectory shown?
he goes from killing the enemy to the king to his friend and his son to MacDuff wife and kids he goes lower and lower to the point its only him left to kill
What are the apparition the witches tell Macbeth?
an armed head-Macbeth
“bloody child” MacDuff who had been “ultimately ripp’d from his mothers womb”
royal child with a tree in his hand-Malcom the rightful king of Scotland who comes camouflaged with tree branches approaching Dunsinane
How is dramatic irony shown?
is the apparition is act 4 scene 1 as a audience we know but the character does not know
How is blasphemy shown?
in scene 4 Macbeth goes to see the witches shows he needs them to maintain his mental state and his power
shows his ambitious he will go at all length to the point he kills MacDuff wife and child
context-witchcraft in Jacobean England’s
How does Macbeth show remorse and guilt at the end?
Macbeth shows signs of remorse and guilt and talks about how life signifies nothing “out,out brief candle”
says this after he hears lady mac is dead
at this point he reflects abnd think to himself what has he done?
Why is the play like a cyclical structure?
play is also most like a cyclical structure for Macbeth shows guilt at the start then doesn’t and shows it again at the end
