Paragraph 3 - Second PEE

Question 1

Paragraph 3 Point (Second TPEE)

Answer 1

At the end of the play, Macbeth begins to realise that that the witches have tricked him. All of their impossible predictions come true and not only is he losing his title, and with the death of Lady Macbeth, his wife, he loses his life at the hands of a furious MacDuff.

Question 2

Paragraph 3 Quote/Evidence (Second TPEE)

Answer 2

“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets its hour upon the stage…It’s a tale / told by an idiot… Signifying nothing.”

Question 3

Paragraph 3 Explanation P1 (Second TPEE)

Answer 3

The metaphor “Life’s but a walking shadow” confirms his sense of hopelessness at this time. He has lost everything and has nothing tangible to show for all his wrongdoings.

Question 4

Paragraph 3 Explanation P2 (Second TPEE)

Answer 4

One of Shakespeare’s many examples ofMeta theater “a poor player…fretsits hour upon the stage” heightens the audience’s awareness of the play as a moral tale,used to emphasis the pointlessness of Macbeth’s vaulting ambition.

Question 5

Paragraph 3 Explanation P3 (Second TPEE)

Answer 5

The word choice‘nothing’ is used throughout the play to further prove this point.

Question 6

Paragraph 3 Ending (Second TPEE)

Answer 6

Macbeth’s fatal flaw has led him down a path of destruction that has devastated everything in its path. The audience thinks about what could of been and are determined not to make the same mistakes.