Macbeth representation Flashcards
1
Q
Macbeth is in charge of his own fate because Banquo…
A
- acts as a foil to Macbeth
- this suggest that there was a moral pathway to take like Banquo who resisted the temptations of evil
2
Q
Macbeth is in charge of his own fate because his unchecked…
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ambition is merely turned against him by the witches’ words
3
Q
Macbeth is in charge of his own fate because he has the ability to make…
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moral choices, he is just too weak to resist external influences
4
Q
Macbeth is not in control of his own fate because of the w…
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witches’ influence
5
Q
Macbeth is not in control of his own fate because of L…
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Lady Macbeth’s influence
6
Q
How far does Shakespeare present Macbeth as a hero?
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- Tragic hero, not modern hero
- he illustrates the fact that everyone, even nobility, can fall from grace and end up damned if they make immoral decisions and disrupt the great chain of being
- comparison to the traitors in gunpowder plot against King James 1
