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Act 4 - Coggle Diagram
Act 4
Scene 3 Quotes and Explanations
"This tyrant who sole blisters our tongues, was once thought honest
Malcolm is unable to speak MacBeth's name for it is too painful yet he causes a brief flashback for the audience remembering when MacBeth was honoured by Duncan yet this remembrance situated so close to the negativity of the present almost pollutes the good emotions which were said and portrays the new tyranny as dominant in Malcolm's and the audience connotations with MacBeth
"Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell"
MacBeth is compared near Godly beings (the natural order) for as a thane he was close to King Duncan and therefore God, however it is said he fell the light since he went against the natural order by committing regicide and taking the crown for which her had no right - MacBeth disrupts natural order
Semantic field of the demonic and divine
King MacBeth is compared to King Edward (Bloodshed/refuge and healing
Scene 1 Quotes and Explanations
"By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes"
MacBeth is now regarded as evil by the witches demonstrating that he is now not seen as a man but as a machiavellian description (wicked), this dehumanises MacBeth in turn portraying his character as a minion who does the witches bidding for a witch is typically referred to as wicked.
MacBeth is also preceded by an injury when described which also shows how anything which surrounds MacBeth's character is likely to die or have pain inflicted on it.
"That will never be, for who can impress the forest, bid the tree..."
MacBeth continues to speak in rhyme showing how the witches have further control over him
"Infected be the air whereon they ride"
MacBeth curses the witches for he is unable to control them, they left despite his commands against which shows he has little control over the supernatural and has to use feeble words to try and be assertive over them.
Scene 2 Quotes and Explanations
"Wisdom, to leave his wife, leave his babes"
Lady MacDuff provides a contrast to Lady MacBeth by prioritising her children over power and fear, this would please the audience and dishame Lady MacBeth since they would compare her duplicitous behaviour to the societal conformed behaviour of lady MacDuff which they would rank highly in order to fit with the accepted gender norms, this would further alienate Lady MacBeth from society and the audience's compassion.
"as birds do mother" - "Wither I should fly."
A semantic field of birds within this scene shows how Lady MacDuff feels abandoned by her husband, typically a male bird will go find food and this semantic field suggests how Shakespeare is comparing that situation to Lady MacDuff's predicament.