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hubris

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excessive pride

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foreboding

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hinting something bad will happen

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dramatic irony

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dramatic irony is where the audience knows something the characters don’t.

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Soliloquy

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When a character speaks their thoughts aloud to an audience.

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Hamartia

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A characters fatal flaw

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tyrant

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A cruel and oppressive ruler.

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who killed king Duncan

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macbeth

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“Is this a …….. which i see before me”

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dagger

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“……. me here”

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unsex

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“Out ……. spot!”

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damn’d

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Fair is ……, and foul is fair”

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foul

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“A little …… clears us of this deed”

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Water

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“….. cousin”

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valliant

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Patriotic

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Devoted to his country and its rightful king.

-this is seen when macduff eventually kills macbeth because he is loyal to the proper king and not macbeth which shows his is patriotic

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key quote: “when you durst do it,then you were a man”

lady macbeth act 1 scene 7

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Analysis

lady macbeth attacks macbeth’s masculinity to manipulate him into committing murder displaying her power through deception

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key quote: “life….is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,signifying nothing”

macbeth,act 4,scene 4

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Analysis

macbeth pessimistic view reflects his realisation that all his ambitious actions were ultimately meaningless and will lead to his defeat

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Key quote: “Stars hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires”

Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 4

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Analysis

Macbeth commands the natural world to hide his evil intentions from God, suggesting awareness of the blasphemous consequences.

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Key quote: “Come you spirits … Unsex me here”

Lady Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5

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Analysis

Lady Macbeth commands evil spirits to strip her of feminine traits, subverting gender roles through unnatural means.

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Key quote: “Out, damned spot: out, I say!”

Lady Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1

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Analysis

Lady Macbeth’s desperate pleading and hallucinations symbolise her loss of power and mental instability due to her guilt.

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Key quote: “Fair is foul and foul is fair”

Three Witches, Act 1, Scene 1

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Analysis

The witches’ paradoxical language warns of deception and upheaval, foreshadowing the corruption of natural order.

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paradoxical language

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it mean two thing that dont make sense with each other

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pessimistic view

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tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.

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