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Macbeth- act 3: scene 4 - Coggle Diagram
Macbeth- act 3: scene 4
The scene takes place inside a banquet hall where people are gathered to celebrate Macbeth's coronation, meaning he is the centre of attention
The inside setting where Macbeth is the focus is used by Shakespeare to show how Macbeth is slowly being confined inside his own mind, due to the guilt he feels over what he did, which manifests itself as madness
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"pronounce it for me, sir"
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She is "playing" the perfect wife and hostess and thus appears the picture of femininity but still remains the one in charge as she is calm and in control of herself, with is the opposite of Macbeth
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"is he dispatch'd?"
Macbeth reverts to euphemisms, which shows his laps in character for a moment, due to hi knowing he is being watched
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The entrance of Banquo's ghost sends the scene into visual chaos as Macbeth is hallucinating one thing and everyone else sees another, meaning Macbeth is confused and becomes erratic and thus projecting his maddening mind onto the scene by increasing the pace of speech, therefore increasing the overall tension of the scene
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"blood hath been shed ere now...but now they rise again, with twenty mortal murders on their crowns"
Macbeth compares the murders that have taken place in his society- one that is meant to be humane and merciful- and compares them to the barbaric methods of the past- he finds that nothing has changed and murder is still barbaric.
Links to lines 27-28 of this scene when the murderers talk ("twenty trenched gashes...") This shows that Macbeth now, whether he consciously knows it or not, morally aligns himself with as a murderer
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"You make me strange... when now I think you can behold such sights and keep the natural ruby of your cheeks"
This links to act 1: scene 7. Macbeth is the weak one- he has been emasculated by Lady Macbeth, and yet she still remains perfect in his eyes. This also reflects how Macbeth doesn't know who he is anymore
"blood will have blood"
This links to the idea of the revenge cycle and link to Banquo wishing for Fleance to have revenge for his death
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