Regicide Flashcards
Name 10 themes and ideas that link with regicide?
Gender roles. Supernatural. Heaven/hell. Justice. Darkness. Suffering. Sleep. Insanity. Violence. Entrapment.
How is gender roles liked to regicide?
Lady Macbeth must reject her “natural” femininity so she can commit the unnatural act of regicide.
Where is gender role apparent throughout the play?
Introductory soliloquy.
Sleepwalking scene.
Manipulation of Macbeth.
Unnatural consequences of embracing the supernatural.
How does the introductory soliloquy link with regicide?
Association of supernatural.
Witches are arguably possessed from this point.
Rejects feminine traits to become unnatural so she can commit an unnatural act.
How does the sleepwalking scene link with regicide?
Punished for her unnatural crime and her association with the supernatural.
How is the supernatural linked with regicide?
Evil influence supernatural leads to unnatural regicide.
Visions highlight horror and unnatural effects of crime.
Where is the supernatural apparent throughout the play?
Opening scene with witches. The vision of the dagger. Darkness. Sleepwalking scene. Prophecies.
How does the opening witch scene link to regicide?
Establishes the witches’ influence over the events of the play.
Unnatural essence of regicide.
How does the vision of the dagger link to regicide?
The witches have influenced this.
Lady Macbeth manipulation.
How does darkness link to regicide?
Disruption of nature because of regicide.
Causes whole country to suffer unnaturally.
The quotation “unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles” links to what?
The sleepwalking scene.
Actions have consequences.
How do the prophecies link to regicide?
Equivocation and entrapment.
Tells the truth but hides the truth.
Why cant lady macbeth sleep?
She is excluded from nature.
STARTING PLAY WITH WITCHES MEANS WHAT?
THE AUDIENCE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE REST OF THE PLAY IS ABOUT.
Nothing Macbeth does is of what?
His own free will.
How is heaven and hell linked with regicide ?
Regicide is a crime against God.
When is heaven and hell apparent throughout the play?
The murder scene.
The sleep walking scene.
How is heaven and hell apparent during the murder scene?
NAME QUOTATIONS
“I could not say amen”
“Sacrilegious murder”
“Broke ope’Lords anointed temple”
“Hell is murky”
How is justice linked to regicide?
Macbeth is ultimately killed by Macduff as a punishment for his crime.
Cyclical nature of violence.
Where is justice apparent throughout the play?
Act 1,scene 7 soliloquy
Banquos ghost.
Macbeths beheading and beheaded.
How is act 1, scene 7 the soliloquy scene linked to regicide?
Macbeth doubts:
“bloody instructions, which being taught return to plague th’ inventor”
How is Banquos ghost scene liked with regicide?
“blood will have blood.
Violence creates more violence.
Violence is what?
Cyclical.
Circular structure.
How is darkness linked to regicide?
Symbolises the evil nature of regicide.
Darkness after the murder symbolises the unnatural murder disturbs nature.
When is darkness apparent throughout the play?
Concealment and evil.
Murder scene.
The old man.
The sleepwalking scene.
Name quotations which link to concealment and evil?
“Stars hide your fires let not light see my black and deep desires” Act 1, scene 4 Lady Macbeth.
Name the quotation said by the old man, linked to concealment and evil?
“Darkness strangles the travelling lamp”
Name a quotation from the sleep walking scene linked to concealment and evil?
“She has light by her continually ‘tis her command”
How does suffering link to regicide?
The Macbeths suffer as a punishment for their unholy crime.
Areas where suffering is?
Dagger scene - insanity.
Murder scene - guilt.
The “tomorrow” speech is linked to what?
Existential angst.
Worrying about the concept of life.
How is sleep linked to regicide?
The Macbeths inability to sleep symbolises their exclusion from nature after the unnatural deed.
Where is sleep apparent?
The murder scene.
The Macbeths inability to sleep.
How is the murder scene linked to regicide?
“Macbeth doth murder sleep”
“balm of hurt minds”
“great nature’s second course”
How is insanity linked to regicide?
The Macbeths insanity is a punishment for their unnatural act of regicide.
Where is insanity apparent throughout the play?
Dagger speech. Banquo's speech. Mental suffering. Sleepwalking scene. Tomorrow's speech.
How is violence linked to regicide?
Macbeth’s violent nature leads to regicide, but its consequences destroy him.
Where is violence apparent throughout the play?
The battle act 1 scene 2.
Murder of king duncan, guards, banquo, macduffs.
Beheading.
What makes him a great solider makes him…
A great villain.
Killing the Macduffs.
It had no logical purpose.
How is entrapment linked to regicide?
Macbeth’s are entrapped by suprnatural into commiting regicide then entrapped by their own suffering.
Where is entrapment apparent?
Prophecies scenes.
Mental suffering.
Sleep walking scene.
