Themes Flashcards
How does Macbeth show ambition?
“I have no spur to prick the side of my intent”
he will do it but he does not have the spur but only vaulting ambition
How is Ldy Macbeth ambitious?
Lady Macbeth is the “spur”
Macbeth entice her to encourage him she has just amount of ambitious he has
both equally responsible to duncan death that y both die in the end
How is Banquo ambition his hamartia?
“i dreamt last night of the three weird sisters”
he has dreamt of them before they have meet them implies all good men can be destroyed by ambition
Give a quote where Banquo doesn’t turn down to an offer showing his ambition?
Macbeth asks his to do a favour and if he does Banquo will get a title
Banquo replies with “my bosom franchised and allegiance clear i shall be cousell’d” clear signal he will help
How does the witches show ambition?
witches harmatia is love
they cannot achieve any form of love as they are ugly and an outcast so they turn to witch craft to fill in that hole and they achieve that love from Macbeth because he turns to them
What quotes shows the witches want love?
“Loves for hos own ends,not for you” Hecate
context-how women are marginalized in society and all they really want is love and understanding but what they really get is arrange marriage and security of political alliance not through love
How does lady Macbeth show masculinity?
“take my milk for gall”-metaphor for what society does to women is they want power they are forced to behave unnaturally
she is saying take my breast milk and turn it to poison as masculinity links with cruelty “direst cruelty”
How does Malcom change in the theme of masculinity and cruelty?
Malcom says “dispute it like a man” (man up stop crying about it) MacDuff replies with “i shall do so but i must also feel it as a man” Malcom now learns the role of a man and not according to what society say so then when siward son dies he passes it on to him
What quote links to context (masculinity?
“he’s worth more sorrow and that ill spend for him”
this link to King James saying this is what a king should be like and not a tyrant like Macbeth
What quote shows it is not right to kill the divine right of king?
shakespear warns the rebels at court to not proceed further “but teach bloody instruction” when he kills the nobles it teaches the surviving nobles that if he gets away with regicide then so can you
How does context link to divine right of king?
message is if the gun powder plot succeeded in killing king James it wouldn’t leave to a good world it would just show it is fine to kill the divine right of king
Why was duncan not a good king what was his weaknesses?
Duncan is seems as good king who listens to his people and trust those around him but this was seen as a weakness as he is betrayed twice
What was Macbeth like as a king?
trust no one and only cares about his own power and ruthlessly kills anyone who is in his way results in the country going in violence
he is unfit to rule as he only acts in his own interests
What was Macbeth like as a king?
trust no one and only cares about his own power and ruthlessly kills anyone who is in his way results in the country going in violence
he is unfit to rule as he only acts in his own interests
Who was the best king?
Malcom was as promises to restore the order
he is in between of macbeth and duncan
he cares about his country and people whilst being strong enough to those who oppose him
What message was in the play about tyranny?
james 1 was king for 3 yrs he saw him self as an absolute monarch he had total control over the county he believed it was his right because god placed him on the throne but he also thought he had the responsibility to rule over his people fairly
this play was supposed to show what a good king looks like
How is Macbeth downfall shown at the start?
“double,double toil and bible” implies macbeth trouble will double from now on and reinforces the audience disgust towards they stereotypically witchy behavior
How does Macbeth show desperation ?
he is desperate and blinds him self to their deceitful nature he ignores the warning sign but this cost him
shakespear tells the audience to not to let a fascination overrule you
How is reality Vs appearance shwon?
“foul is fair,fair is foul”-witches everything is not always as it appear
“so foul of fair i have not seen”-macbeth will be connected to the witches and their deception
What quotes show they try to be innocent?
“look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”
“your face,is as a book”
hide they intension so they dont become suspicious
What visions can they see?
he cants hide it anymore so they see vision although they hide it from everyone else they battle it between themselves
“is this the dagger which is see before me”
