Macbeth

Macbeth

Gender Stereotypes

Jacobean Theatre/Audience

Macduff

The witches

Lady Macbeth

Guilt and Justice

Duality - Appearance vs Reality

Supernatural and Witchcraft

King James and Shakespeare

Religion and Superstition

Ambition and Power

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"I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition"

Lady Macbeth is controlled by her ambition and will do anything to gain power even kill her own child

Macbeth only has his ambition to kill king duncan

The witches make macbeth become ambition

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The witches and hecate are the sources of supernatural activity in the play

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair"

We are introduced to the witches in Thunder, rain and lighting

on the night duncan dies there are many supernatural occurrences such as: a flcom being killed by an owl, a tamed horse becoming wild and lots of thunder storms

Cause corruption

Ignites Macbeth's ambition with the 3 prophecies.

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Macbeth is incapable of saying "amen" after killing Duncan.

Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking starts due to guilt, and eventually leads to her death

Lady Macbeth's guilt is shown by her sleepwalking and washing blood off her hands.

Macduff executes Macbeth as justice for the murder of his family and King Duncan

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The witches deceive macbeth by telling him part of the truth

"Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it"

macbeth's ambition and his loyalty conflicting

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Lady Macbeth opposes Jacobean stereotypes. Instead of being controlled and fragile, she is manipulative and powerful.

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Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth

"Come spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here"

'What, will these hands ne'er be clean?’

Duplicitous

She sleepwalks to she her guilt

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Thane of Fife

kill macbeth

displays masculinity through emotions

His family is killed by order of Macbeth

Flees to England to regroup with Malcolm and raise an army

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They speak in threes

The constantly reference power of 3

Bastardisation--> an act that debases or corrupts

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Main charectar

his name is the title

kills king duncan

Holy triad

Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine

Starts as Thane of Glamis, become Thane of Cawdor, and is predicted to become King (Act 1)

ambition and his lack on knowledge are his hamartia

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The fog was create with fireworks so it create a nasty smell as well

Female characters were exclusively played by men

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witches were evil

black cats were unlucky

everyone was religious