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Macbeth- act 4: scene 1 - Coggle Diagram
Macbeth- act 4: scene 1
The scene opens with the witches in a cave, chanting around a cauldron. The thunder in the background mirrors act 1: scene 1.
The witches talk in trochaic tetrameter, which makes their speech stand out as it has a signature 'dum-di-dum' rhythm that is obvious against the usual prose and iambic pentameter used by Shakespeare
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"murderer's gibbet"
A gibbet is a gallows and so this line is reflective of how Macbeth has sentenced his own death by doing what he has
Macbeth see three apparitions from the witches, each that reflect a different idea and theme of the play- Shakespeare uses these to raise tension on stage and among the audience
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The third apparition Macbeth sees is of a child that has been crowned, holding a tree
"Macbeth shall never be vanquish'd be until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him"
This is something that should be impossible- a wood can't just move- and thus feeds Macbeth even more
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In this scene, Banquo's line of heritage is shown by 8 Kings appearing. The last King would have been James 1st, with somebody holding a mirror up to him- this reminds us of the purpose of his play in the contemporary setting
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