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Macbeth (Paranoia (He immediately becomes paranoid after Duncan's…
Macbeth
Paranoia
He immediately becomes paranoid after Duncan's murder:
Whence is that knocking? / How is't with me when every noise appals me?
Throughout the play, he becomes more and more paranoid about the safety and security of his position
His overwhelming paranoia means he is not able to enjoy the position he has unfairly gained, and this is perhaps the point that Shakespeare tries to make
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Personality
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Ambitious
I have no spur / to prick the sides of my intent, but only / vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself / and falls on the other
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Noble to tyrannical
Initially, he is a brave soldier who has been fighting for his King
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By the end, he has killed his king and become a tyrannical king himself
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Scotland's sickness
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It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash / is added to her wounds
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Courage changes
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Courage falters when deciding whether to kill Duncan - not necessarily a bad thing: Heat-oppressed brains
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Witches
He is immediately linked to the witches with his first spoken line: So foul and fair a day I have not seen
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If he was chosen by the witches, why? Did he already have a predisposition for evil?
Foreshadowing
The previous Thane of Cawdor is shown to have been a traitor, which foreshadows Macbeth's eventual betrayal
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Nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it - shows how the previous Thane of Cawdor had a dignified death - also foreshadows how the same will happen to Macbeth
Links to milk and blood
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After the murder of Duncan, he is increasingly linked to the contrasting red of blood - comes to symbolise his guilt
Evilness changes
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By the end, even the witches think he is evil: By the pricking of my thumbs / something wicked this way comes
Audience view
Audience is made aware of his character before he actually appears, through reported speech - increases interest and piques curiosity