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Macbeth - Coggle Diagram
Macbeth
Structure
Rhyme
Set up like a traditional tragedy
Turning point is the murder of King Duncan
Cyclical structure
Starts and ends with a battle
Order is restored
Full circle
Short scenes
Speeds up the action
Eg: Act 5 has nine short scenes
Build pace up
Some scenes are longer to explain emotions
Eg: Act 4 Scene 3
Drunk Porter Scene
Act 2 Scene 3
Adds humour to compensate for Duncans death
5 Acts
Characters
Macbeth
Eponymous hero
Tragic hero
Fatal flaw: Ambition
'Is this a dagger I see before me'
Guilt
'I am settled and bend up/ each corporal agent to this terrible feat'
Easily influenced
Lady Macbeth
Cruel and ruthless
Has power over Macbeth
Ambitious
Clever
Goes mad due to guilt
'Fill from the crown to the toe full of direst cruelty'
King Duncan
Kind
Trusting
Good king
Contrasts with Macbeth due to who is the better king
Gets murdered by Macbeth
Makes audience question quality of being a leader
Malcom and Donalbain
Good and fair
Learn not to trust
'Daggers in mens smiles'
Run away to England
Blamed for the murder of their father
Macduff
Good and honest
Leaves his wife and children behind
When his Family dies Macduff shows his emotions 'What all my pretty ones'
Got more depth than Macbeth
Lady Macduff
Caring
Protective of family
Talks in prose when about to die which shows cozy homely feel
Witches
Tricksters
Supernatural link
They can see into the future
Prophecies
Unatural
Speak in short and rhyming lines
Banquo and Fleance
Honourable
Contrasts Macbeth
Doesn't trust the witches
Gets killed
Haunts Macbeth at dinner table
Suspicious of Macbeth
Themes
Ambition
Loyalty and Betrayal
Leadership/Kingship
Good vs Evil
Supenatural
Realities and apperances
Fate and free-will
Language
Multiple Puns
Humour
Wordplay to create dramatic irony
'Hell gate' is what the porter calls Macbeths gate
Witches
Paradoxes
Supernatural
Oxymoron's
Personification
'Life is but a walking shadow'
Personifies life