Themes - Macbeth

Question 1

Quotes for ambition

Answer 1

“Valiant soldier”
“Fatal flaw”
“Noble, brave, Macbeth”
“Vaulting ambition”

Question 2

Loyalty and betrayal

Answer 2

Lm two faced nature, helps her betray Duncan, he trusts her as a “fair and noble hostess”
“Allegiance clear” Banquo won’t let ambition of the witches prophecies affect him

Question 3

Kingship

Answer 3

Duncan - “ideal king” he’s gracious and loyal
“Most sainted king”
Macbeth - “tyrant” rules selfishly using violence
He’s rarely referred to as a “king”
“avaricious” because he’s motivated by selfish greed

Question 4

Good and evil

Answer 4

“Noble” Macbeth at start of the play
Lm links cruelty and aggression with masculinity - “unsex me here” fill her with “direst cruelty”
“Dear causes” “dew the sovereign flower” -about battle

Question 5

Supernatural

Answer 5

“Strange intelligence” -witches
Macbeth saids they “untie winds” “makes castle topples”
Macbeth sees banquos ghost “strange infirmity”
Visions - Macbeth is “blanched with fear” by b ghost

Question 6

Reality and appearances

Answer 6

“False face”- Macbeth hides his murderous acts
“Fair is foul and foul is fair” not everything is as simple as it seems
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t” - serpent links lady Macbeth to Satan who tempted Adam and Evie at the garden of Eden

Question 7

Fate and free will

Answer 7

“Chance may crown me”
“We will proceed no further”
“Life is a poor player”