Paragraph 2 - First TPEE

Question 1

Paragraph 2 Topic Sentence

Answer 1

Once the job was done, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have to face the consequences, his fatal flaw keeps him from true salvation.

Question 2

Paragraph 2 Point (First TPEE)

Answer 2

In Act 2, the now cursed couple lament their actions in the middle of the night. Only Lady Macbeth has the will power to complete what they set out to do.

Question 3

Paragraph 2 Quote/Evidence (First TPEE)

Answer 3

“Sleep no more!- / Macbeth does murder sleep! - the innocent sleep-“

Question 4

Paragraph 2 Explanation P1 (First TPEE)

Answer 4

The use of dashes to break up his speech mirrors Macbeth’s broken state of mind, with exclamation marks punctuating his despair.

Question 5

Paragraph 2 Explantion P2 (First TPEE)

Answer 5

The metaphor “Macbeth does murder sleep!” emphasises the amount of guilt that Macbeth that Macbeth has. Not only has he killed the king he also destroyed his own sense of peace.

Question 6

Paragraph 2 Explanation P3 (First TPEE)

Answer 6

The repetition of the word “sleep” alludes to the tortured mind of Lady Macbeth, later in the play, as she sleep walks to her death.

Question 7

Paragraph 2 Ending (First TPEE)

Answer 7

Macbeth’s crime results in him being unable to sleep and that drives Macbeth to the brink of madness and his fatal flaw of ambition offers him the justification to carry out his schemes.