P2 Flashcards
1
Q
ts
A
The banquet scene is crucial to the play as it exhibits Macbeth losing control of and incriminating himself in the presence of a room full of important guests.
2
Q
point
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The writer makes use of the supernatural to show the extent of Macbeth’s mental instability. Macbeth’s fevered mind conjures up a hallucination of his best friend who he has just had killed, a physical manifestation of his guilt.
3
Q
evidence
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Macbeth yells, “Never shake thy gory locks at me!” to the ghost of Banquo which seems to be showing its displeasure towards Macbeth’s actions and judging him.
4
Q
analysis
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The word choice of “gory”, which means bloody and battered, tells us that Macbeth is seeing Banquo in his murdered state.
