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macbeth (guilty concience (worries consequence of actions
'deep…
macbeth
guilty concience
worries consequence of actions
'deep damnation' after death
reluctant to kill D who 'honoured' him
- 'we will proceed no further in this business'
- sounds confident - made up mind
- MB = 'his kinsman' 'host' duty to protect
makes him imagine things / hallucinate
- 'is this a dagger i see before me'
- hears voice 'MB doth murder sleep'
- sees B ghost - almost gives away
knows actions are wrong
- 'start hide your fires, let not light
see my black and deep desires'
- 'twere well if it were done quickly'
at end, cynical and no guilt
= actions and life mean 'nothing'
MB knows D is good king
- 'so clear in his great office'
- MB places own desires above
love for country = bad king
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language reflects mental state
- asks questions when uncertain / guilt
'whence is that knocking?'
- at start and end of play = certain / confident
'stars hide your fires' 'i will not yield'
brutal murderer
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violent ambition = lose noble characteristics
- 'hell hound' 'abhorred tyrant'
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brave hero
starts as 'valiant' warrior
- 'brave MB'
- compared to god of war
brave actions impress king = thane of cawdor
most comfortable on battlefield
- not worry about guilt / morality
dies in battle 'bear like'
- even when knows doomed
- 'try the last' and 'will not yield'
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easily influenced
LMB
LMB manipulate him = be 'more the man'
- acts as not want to seem unmanly or 'coward'
- link masculinity with strength and courage
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