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macbeth revision
macbeth
strong
traitorous
ambitious
killed by macduff
had banquo killed
killed king duncan in between act 2 scene 1 and scene 2
easy to manipulate
killed young siward
died in act 5 scene 8
became thane of cawdor and the king
lady macbeth
pressured macbeth to kill duncan
died in act 5 scene 5
went insane
told macbeth that she would kill her child if she isnt queen
asked to be unsexed so she could kill duncan
would have killed duncan if he didn't look like her father
banquo
with macbeth when the witches first meet macbeth
killed by assassins
haunted macbeth for having him killed
sons would become kings
thane of lochaber
son escapes assassins
divine right of kings
god chooses kings
if the king is killed the great chain of being is disrupted
owls killing falcons
great storms
links to duncan's death
links to macbeth's death
quotes
fair is foul and foul is fair
said by the witches to the audience in the first scene sets out how good is bad but bad is good and to show that the play isnt going to follow expected behaviour of the respective characters
look like a flower but be the serpent under it
lady macbeth telling macbeth to look innocent but be deadly
will all great neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hands
macbeth feeling regret, empathising how much blood is on his hands, asking neptune to wash the guilt off him
i have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition
macbeth tries to find excuses to kill duncan but relisies there is no excuse act 2, scene 1
yet i do fear thy nature is full o' th' milk of human kindness
lady macbeth feels that macbeth is too nice and he should fulfill the prophecy by killing duncan
o' full of scorpions is my mind dear wife
using a metaphor to explain that the guilt is driving him insane and stinging him act 3, scene 2
king duncan
killed in act 2
called macbeth worthy cousin
made macbeth thane of cawdor
his death symbolizes the end of order in scotland
links to guilt and power
macduff
killed macbeth
macbeth had his family killed
cares more about scotland than anything else
leads an army to kill macbeth and put malcom on the throne
the witches
met macbeth in act 1 scene 3
influenced evil behaviour
spoke in rhyme
looked like men
ambition
macbeth's hamartia is ambition
made him kill duncan and become king
theme in macbeth
gender roles
gender roles are reversed between macbeth and lady macbeth until macbeth becomes king
disrupted because of the witches
the witches are a representation of the mixed gender roles
guilt
macbeth feels guilt at first after duncan's death
lady macbeth goes mad with guilt later in the play
macbeth feels guilt after killing banquo
loyalty
macbeth was loyal to duncan before meeting the witches
macduff is loyal to scotland
the witches warp macbeth's loyalty
supernatural
banquo's ghost
the witches