Macbeth Flashcards
7 THEMES
- Ambition
- Loyalty and guilt
- Reality and appearance
- The supernatural/evil
- Femininity and Masculinity
- Corruption
- Violence
MACBETH
description of the character
- brave
- ambitious
- cowardly / weak
- easily led
- violent
DUNCAN
description of the character
- strong
- well loved
- respected
BANQUO
description of the character
- friend
- brave
- loyal
- honest
WITCHES
description of the character
- mysterious
- supernatural
- evil
LADY MACBETH
description of the character
- ambitious
- manipulative
- ruthless
- calculating
- remorseful
- guilty
- mad
CONTEXT || JAMES 1 ||
Written for James 1 - was a time of turbulence and political intrigue
FEAR OF TRAITORS AND ‘PRETENDERS TO THE THRONE’
He had a fascination with the supernatural and witches
CONTEXT ||| WOMEN |||
Women were inferior and subservient to men
CONTEXT ||| KINGSHIP |||
Diving right of kings
GOD CHOOSES NOT ANYONE ELSE
(Macbeth cannot be rightfully kind. He wasn’t ‘chosen’)
CONTEXT ||| THREATS |||
Can be seen as a warning that disloyal traitors will fall and be punished
GUN POWDER PLOT - GUY FAWKES
“O full of…”
”..scorpions is my mind”
O FULL OF SCORPIONS IS MY MIND
“I think of …. not “
“…them…”
I THINK NOT OF THEM
“Life’s but a…”
”..walking shadow”
LIFES BUT A WALKING SHADOW
“What’s … is ….”
“…done…done”
WHATS DONE IS DONE
“Too full of the…”
”..milk of human kindness”
TO FULL OF THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS
“Dagger..”
”..of the mind”
DAGGER OF THE MIND
“Look like the innocent flower…”
”..but be the serpent under it”
LOOK LIKE THE INNOCENT FLOWER BUT BE THE SERPENT UNDER ITt
“Is this a dagger..”
”..which I see before me”
IS THIS A DAGGER WHICH I SEE BEFORE ME
“None of…”
”..women born shall harm macbeth”
NONE OF WOMEN BORN SHALL HARM MACBETH
