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MACBETH: WHAT DO YOU RECALL FROM STUDYING THE PLAY - Coggle Diagram
MACBETH: WHAT DO YOU RECALL FROM STUDYING THE PLAY
MAIN EVENTS IN THE PLAY
Macbeth gets told the future by the whitches and believes them
Lady Macbeth kills herself from guilt and craziness/paranoia
McDuff kills Macbeth
macbeth goes mad when he is haunted by the ghost of Banquo
witches predictions
the predictions structure the play
start the play and then keep reappearing
have major control over Macbeth
Macbeth murders Duncan ( king of Scotland)
then claims throne
orders the death of McDuff's whole family out of paranoia
KEY CHARACTERS AND RELATIONSHIPS
Macbeth
married to Lady Macbeth
best friend to Banquo
orders the death of Banquo
Lady Macbeth
married to Macbeth
a controlling relationship
is she to blame for what happens or is it all Macbeths fault
King Duncan
Malcolm: elder son
Donaldson: younger son
the 3 witches
their power over macbeth
Banquo
best friend of Macbeth
killed on orders of Macbeth
SOCIAL AND LITERARY CONTEXT
whitches were believed to be real and evil
theme of tragedy
tragic hero
aristotles idea
what is his flaw
divine right of kings
the Monarchs are put their for a reason (appointed by God)
regicide is the killing of a monarch
the great chain of being
God at the top
angels
monarchs
aristocracy
women always defer to men
this comes into conversations about Macbeth and Lady Macbeths' relationship
'unsex me here'
she does not like being a man
has no control she wants the power
peasants
animals
plants
minerals
James I was on the throne out the time
jacobean era
fixated on witchcraft
wrote a book: demonology-all about witches and witchcraft
written for James I
MAIN THEMES IN THE PLAY
Macbeth
greed
betrayal
jealousy
Lady Macbeth
greed
power
gender