Macbeth Flashcards
How to spell the writers name
Shakespeare
Vaulting
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other
Uns
Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty
Are you
Are you a man ( lady m to Macbeth)
Look like
Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t ( lady macbeth to Macbeth )
A little
A little water clears us of this deed
All the
All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand
I fear
I fear thou play’dst most foully for’t ( banquo about macbeth )
To be
To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus
I am in
I am in blood stepp’d in so far that, should I wade no more returning were as tedious as go o’er
Turn
Turn hell hound turn ( macduff says this to macbeth )
We will
We will proceed no further in this business
But screw
But screw your courage to the sticking place
Things bad
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill
When was macbeth written and by who, also who was the king
In the 16 century by Shakespeare, when James 1 was king
About James 1 , everything
Believed in divine right of kings, published a book on witchcraft ( so most believed in it ). Gunpowder plot tried to kill him , reflected by Duncan’s murder
What is Macbeth’s hamartia
Macbeth’s unbridled ambition is his hamartia transforming him from a valiant hero to a tyrannical ruler.
What is predestination and who believed in it
The idea that your fate was already decided by God, most people in the Jacobean times believed in this
How does Shakespeare use Macbeths hamartia as an example to the Jacobean audience
Shakespeare uses Macbeth’s downfall to warn against ambition that ignores morality, reflecting Jacobean fears of rebellion — especially after the Gunpowder Plot (1605).
Guilt and conscience context
The guilt that Macbeth and his wife feel reflect Jacobean beliefs that sin could lead to spiritual and mental torment, especially after committing regicide.
King James 1 book
Daemonologie
How to start the essay
INTRODUCTION. 1 or 2 sentences, for example In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, ambition is presented as a powerful but dangerous force that drives characters to destruction. Macbeth’s ambition transforms him from a noble warrior into a ruthless tyrant, showing how unchecked desire for power leads to downfall
How to end the essay
CONCLUSION. DIRECT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION !!!
When using quotes
Be specific, the start, middle end, WHEN!!!. Explain the effect and why it causes that effect.
How much time for each question
45 mins
How to plan the essay
Intro
Write what the 3-4 main paragraphs will be about
Like Macbeths ambition at the start
In the middle after Duncan’s murder
What happened due to his ambition ( his hamartia )
Fair
Fair is foul and foul is fair, at the start
something
something wicked this way comes